Army of Rural Women Strengthens Home Front During War
Rural women lead food production and farm labor as victory gardens, land armies, and home canning centers mobilize. Mary land and Connecticut organize land armies. Iowa assigns co operators. Virginia and Utah promote garden efforts. neighbors share seeds and care for gardens to support soldiers and allies.
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Maryland
Connecticut
University of Maryland
Land Army
Virginia
United Nations
Iowa
Victory Gardens
Secretary of Agriculture
M. O. Lawrence
Mississippi
Virginia Mountain
Summit County
Utah
Women Revive School Lunch Program With Canning Day
After a tired return home, women organized a school canning day for surplus produce, secured commodities from Agriculture, and enlisted a WPA cook. They repurposed an abandoned district building into a bright lunch room served to 150 children daily with NYA boys helping.
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Department of Agriculture
WPA
NYA
Women Lead Home Front Health Drive in Rural Areas
Reports detail farm women in South Dakota, Virginia Mountain View, Kentucky Potterstown and Texas Brazos County expanding garden efforts, school health surveys, and home nursing courses. Demonstration gardens, nursery clinics, and stretchers from feed bags show women shaping wartime welfare, nutrition training, and community service.
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Borhood
Summit County
South Dakota
Mountain View Community
Potterstown
Homemakers’ Club
County Health Department
Brazos County
Texas
Red Cross
Wicomico County
Home Demonstration
Women Students Enroll in War Aid Courses at State College
After surveying national needs, Pennsylvania State College offers nearly 100 courses for women aimed at wartime work. Electives include journalism commerce mathematics French German Spanish shorthand typing horticulture poultry husbandry bacteriology agricultural engineering psychology physical education and home economics.
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Pennsylvania State College
A Good Guest and the Art of Being Welcomed
This piece contrasts two types of guests in social scenes. It notes that some give more than they receive, like Bob and Belinda, while others rely entirely on the hosts. Kathleen Norris frames being a good guest as a skilled, patient practice worth mastering.
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Bob
Belinda
Florida
Lake George
California
Alice
Jean
Joe
Helen
Muriel
Guy
Kathleen Norris
Camel Cigarettes Favored by Armed Forces Stores
In military tradition a visor raise identifies knights and soldiers alike. Camel cigarettes are the favorite brand across Army Navy Marines and Coast Guard based on service store sales records. Camel cartons are a popular gift for service members and dealers advertise Camel cartons for delivery to men serving abroad.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Ady
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Michigan
By Kathleen Norris
Gall
Wormwood
J. Fuller
Jerry Link
Bys É
Terence
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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