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Doing Her Bit: A Story About the Woman's Land Army of America

We’ve all heard about Rosie the Riveter but the Women’s Land Army? This picture book offers a glimpse into a part of American history that’s seldom told. During World War I, women volunteered and were trained to work on farms, both because more production was needed to support the Allies and because the young men who usually did the job were being called away. This account is fictional but it’s based on a real place and real people as it follows one woman who signed up. She goes through the rigorous training and then the challenge of being taken seriously enough for someone to hire her and her colleagues and pay them the same wages men would earn for the same work. Gouache paintings offer both a sense of the historical time period and the hard work these women did on the homefront. ©2016 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by Jen Hill

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-10
Age Range: PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7) Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: 20th Century Farming and Farmers Girls and Women Historical Fiction U.S. History World War I

Publisher: Charlesbridge
Publish Year: 2016
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781580896467

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Hagar