US National Archives
Nara: Prologue Magazine: The Surprising George Washington
This lengthy article from the Prologue Magazine discusses the general state of food production in World War II. In particular the article focuses on thw Women's Land Army, women recruited from both farm and city to grow and harvest the...
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: The Women's Land Army and World War Ii Posters
In this lesson, students look at some ways that women contributed to the war effort during WWII.
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Fruit From Washington: Crop Harvests at Home in America in World War Ii
This site is filled with posters from World War II, the Great Depression, and World War I which encouraged using food wisely, growing victory gardens, and helping harvest the crops on commercial farms.
The Newberry Library
Frontier to Heartland: Join the Women's Land Army
See a recruitment poster encouraging women to join the Women's Land Army to help work the land and harvest crops in World War II.