Women of the Land girls receive WWII Honors.

I was looking on the BBC website the other day, and I came across an interesting story about women in Britain during WWII. Early this week, women, who served as Land girls, received honors from the British government for their service. What are Land girls, you ask? They worked in agricultural type jobs while the men were away fighting in the war. The Land girls were founded at the start of the war in 1939 and disbanded in 1950. If it wasn’t for these women, a lot of British soldiers would have gone hungry in campaigns in Africa and later in Western Europe. More than 80,000 women dug ditches, sowing seeds, and harvesting crops. But, the Land girls were disbanded after the men return, and they were pretty much forgotten about until their service was recognized.

To find out more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7517821.stm