Posters

The following posters were used to present the WLA in an idyllic light and entice women into agricultural life, many of whom had no experience of the realities of what farmwork involved.

  • FOR A HEALTHY, HAPPY JOB - JOIN THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY (Art.IWM PST 6078) image: a young woman, wearing the Land Army uniform, stands with a pitchfork in her left hand and holds her jacket in her right. She surveys a field of wheat. Copyright: � IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/36790
    Source: Women’s Land Army Recruitment poster, designed by Clive Uppton. Source: (Art.IWM PST 6078)
  • Women's Land Army poster.
    Women’s Land Army poster. Source: Mersea Museum
  • Calling All Women Women's Land Army Poster
    Source: Catherine Procter
  • We could do with thousands more like you. Join the Women's Land Army.
  • Join The Women's Land Army Food Comes First

A recruiting stand used to attract women to join the WLA in Essex.

Recruitment stand for Essex Women's Land Army

Notice the range of visual material used to advertise the WLA; several propaganda posters, photos and a model farm. This exhibition travelled around the county to encourage recruits into the WLA.
Source: The Land Girl.

Newspaper clippings

Give me a job where you see results. Source: Bronwen Jones..Women's Land Army newspaper recruitment.
Why, Joe - not finished yet? Source: Bronwen Jones. Women's Land Army newspaper recruitment.
It's the little things that count! Source: Bronwen Jones. Women's Land Army newspaper recruitment.

Source: Bronwen Jones

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