"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army
- Title
- "I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army
- Description
- 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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- Contributor
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University of Reading Museums and Collections
- Type
- Blog
- Date
- 2026
- Period
- 20th Century
- Geographical Area
- Britain and Ireland
- 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".
