On front of photo: " For my Dads Always devotely, Alice [From 1917 to 1919, the Woman's Land Army of America mobilized women to take over farm work after men were called to war and there was a shortage of labor. Most of the women in the W.L.A had no experience in farm work, but they soon learned to plow and plant fields, drive tractors, and harvest. The Land Army's "farmerettes" were paid wages equal to male farm laborers and were protected by an eight-hour workday. Farmers depended upon the women workers. The Woman’s Land Army of America was brought together by women’s organizations such as gardening clubs, suffrage societies, women’s colleges, civic groups, and the YWCA. The WLA challenged conventional thinking about gender roles.]
