page_title: Women's Land Army (World War I)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Women's Land Army (World War I) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Agriculture in Britain during the First World War A member of the Women's Land Army farming potatoes using horse-drawn machinery during the First World War.
context_page_description: The Women's Land Army was a British civilian organisation. It was created in 1915 by the Board of Agriculture during World War I so women could work in agriculture, replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls. In effect the Land Army operated to place women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers. They picked crops and did all the jobs that the men would do. Notable members included the archaeologist Lily Chitty and the botanist Ethel Thomas. It was disbanded in 1919 but revived in June 1939 under the same name.
context_section_description: A Good Service Ribbon was awarded to eligible women. January 1918 saw the publication of the first issue of The Landswoman, the official monthly magazine of the Women’s Land Army and the Women’s Institutes. The organisation was disbanded in November 1919.
caption: Working on a potato crop during World War I
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