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Collected Item: “"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army”

Contribution Title

"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/
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