LEADER 04368nam 2200601 450 001 9910822607803321 005 20230803032541.0 010 $a0-8229-6665-4 010 $a0-8229-7857-1 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060542 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10909844 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000885392 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11548558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000885392 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10954687 035 $a(PQKB)10609276 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2039400 035 $a(OCoLC)859687116 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22570 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2039400 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10909844 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL638117 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060542 100 $a20140830h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCultivating victory $ethe Women's Land Army and the Victory Garden movement /$fCecilia Gowdy-Wygant 210 1$aPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-06866-6 311 $a0-8229-4425-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"A compelling study of the sea change brought about in politics, society, and gender roles during World Wars I and II by campaigns to recruit Women's Land Armies in Great Britain and the United States to cultivate victory gardens. Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant compares and contrasts the outcomes of war in both nations as seen through women's ties to labor, agriculture, the home, and the environment. She sheds new light on the cultural legacies left by the Women's Land Armies and their major role in shaping national and personal identities"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"During the First and Second World Wars, food shortages reached critical levels in the Allied nations. The situation in England, which relied heavily on imports and faced German naval blockades, was particularly dire. Government campaigns were introduced in both Britain and the United States to recruit individuals to work on rural farms and to raise gardens in urban areas. These recruits were primarily women, who readily volunteered in what came to be known as Women's Land Armies. Stirred by national propaganda campaigns and a sense of adventure, these women, eager to help in any way possible, worked tirelessly to help their nations grow "victory gardens" to win the war against hunger and fascism. In vacant lots, parks, backyards, between row houses, in flowerboxes, and on farms, groups of primarily urban, middle-class women cultivated vegetables along with a sense of personal pride and achievement. In Cultivating Victory, Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant presents a compelling study of the sea change brought about in politics, society, and gender roles by these wartime campaigns. As she demonstrates, the seeds of this transformation were sown years before the First World War by women suffragists and international women's organizations. Gowdy-Wygant profiles the foundational organizations and significant individuals in Britain and America, such as Lady Gertrude Denman and Harriet Stanton Blatch, who directed the Women's Land Armies and fought to leverage the wartime efforts of women to eventually win voting rights and garner new positions in the workforce and politics. In her original transnational history, Gowdy-Wygant compares and contrasts the outcomes of war in both nations as seen through changing gender roles and women's ties to labor, agriculture, the home, and the environment. She sheds new light on the cultural legacies left by the Women's Land Armies and their major role in shaping national and personal identities. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aVictory gardens$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aVictory gardens$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aVictory gardens$xHistory. 615 0$aVictory gardens$xHistory. 676 $a635.09 686 $aHIS015000$aHIS036060$aSOC028000$2bisacsh 700 $aGowdy-Wygant$b Cecilia$01656859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822607803321 996 $aCultivating victory$94009951 997 $aUNINA