Fruits of victory: the Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War

Liberty Day

The girl with a hoe behind the man with a gun. The right to serve : a British Land Army ; Female preparedness ; An agricultural army ; Suffrage agriculture ; Soil sisters ; A feminine invasion of the land : the Bedford Camp ; Farmerettes abd Hoover Helpers : Fall 1917 ; Women on the land ; A hysterical appeal ; A fine propaganda : the Fair Farmerette and her publicity machine ; Enlist now!

The Patriot Farmerette. In bifurcated garb of toil : California ; Hortense Powdermaker in Maryland ; Cultivating the soothing weed : Connecticut ; Libertyville : Illinois ; Girls who thought potatoes grew on trees : New England ; The Farmerette in Wanamaker's window : selling the Land Army in New Jersey ; Georgia cotton ; Harsh terrain ; Miss Diehl and the Wellesley Experiment Station ; Tiller, planter, gleaner : New York ; Marriage of convenience ; A hungry world ;Carry on ; Farmerette redux : 1919 and beyond.

Prelude: Liberty day

Part one: The girl with a hoe behind the man with a gun

1. The right to serve : A British land army

2. Female preparedness

3. An agricultural army

4. Suffrage agriculture

5. Soil sisters

6. A feminine Invasion of the land : The Bedford camp

7. Farmerettes and Hoover helpers : Fall 1917

8. Women on the land

9. A hysterical appeal

10. A fine propaganda : The fair farmerette and her publicity machine

11. Enlist now!

Part two: The patriot farmette

12. In bifurcated garb of toil : California

13. Hortense Powdermaker in Maryland

14. Cultivating the soothing weed : Connecticut

15. Libertyville : Illinois

16. Girls who thought potatoes grew on trees : New England

17. The farmerette in Wanamaker's window : Selling the land army in New Jersey

18. Georgia cotton

19. Harsh terrain

20. Miss Diehl and the Wellesley Experiment station

21. Tiller, planter, gleaner : New York

22. Marriage of convenience

23. A hungry world

24. Carry on

25. Farmerette redux : 1919 and beyond.