Corporate Open DS/UK/17785 Women's Land Army (WLA); 1915-1949; British civilian organisation Women's Land Army (WLA) 1915-1949 British civilian organisation Female

Military; Army / Women The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls. The name Women's Land Army was also used in the United States for an organisation formerly called the Woman's Land Army of America. In effect the Land Army operated to place women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 6/16/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 4ee240ff-6006-4300-97aa-e3d3e600c11a