Collected Item: “"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army”
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"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army
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A common fictional narrative shows people with nonconforming identities finding self-acceptance in towns and cities. For LGBTQ+ History Month, library graduate trainee Lottie Wood explores how author E. M. Barraud found the opposite, through rural work and the Women’s Land Army.
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Exterior view of E.M. Barraud's cottage in Cambridgeshire. 'Set my hand upon the plough' (p. 24), captioned "the cottage stands four-square at the side of the village street".
Content Type
Blog
Subject (1)
LGBTQ+ History
Subject (2)
Women's History
Subject (3)
Agricultural History
Geographical Area (1)
Britain and Ireland
Time Period
20th Century
Contribution URL
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-views/gender-fluidity-rural-landscapes-womens-land-army/