Agricultural Section

This piechart shows the employment figures for the Agricultural section in autumn 1918, broken down by types of occupation for 12,649 Women’s Land Army members. The majority were milkers and field workers.

Employment figures for the Agricultural section of the Women's Land Army (WW1) August 1918
Employment figures for the Agricultural section of the
Women’s Land Army (WW1)
August 1918

WW1 Land Girl Milker
Source: Catherine Procter Collection

Summary adapted by Stuart Antrobus from The Women’s Land Army: a Portrait (Gill Clarke)