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WW2 Article: The story of Jennette H. Foley, a Land Girl in Scotland

I joined the Women’s Land Army. Our jobs were to work on the farms. The Women’s Land Army, I thought was so glamorous to join — and then I never worked so hard in my life!

Read more on Jennette’s time in the Women’s Land Army in an article written by Nancy Stearns Theiss, executive director of the Oldham History Center, USA.

Jennette H. Foley was a member of the Women’s Land Army in Great Britain during World War II. (Photo: Oldham County History Center)

Jennette H. Foley was a member of the Women’s Land Army in Great Britain during World War II.
(Photo: Oldham County History Center)

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