Sujet

Land Army Girl, World War II poster, 1939. Creator: Dame Laura Knight.

Légende

Land Army Girl, World War II poster, 1939. Woman operating a horse-drawn plough, designed by Dame Laura Knight. Women were encouraged to take over traditionally 'male' jobs while their husbands, brothers or sons were away fighting.

Date

1939

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A46_101

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,1Mo (9,7Mo) / 31,1cm x 42,0cm / 3672 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal countryside agriculture female women woman people work animals farming horses horse information patriotism British color design rustic war plough location collection century ploughing patriotic Britain nationalism thirties wartime concept poster 1940s hard work furrow archive gender ministry Forties Colour World War II World War two WWII graphic design 1930s world war 2 20th century propaganda rural cultivation decade Home Front public information public notice rural life Second World War war effort women at war women at work Women's Land Army WW2 working poster 2nd World War Ministry of Information Regionalism The National Archives Heritage Art gender role The National Archives UK TNA Board of Agriculture WLA Dame Laura Knight Knight Dame Laura Laura Knight Knight Laura