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Description

A file containing documents relating to the staffing and administration of the Women's Land Army, including material covering the post-war period. Documents in the file include correspondence and memoranda establishing and discussing policy; lists of county staff and their wages; and a clipping from Farmers Weekly and a Hansard extract on the expenses of the organisation. Topics covered in the documents include recommendations for posts in the Women's Land Army; making The Land Girl an official publication and the resulting changes to staffing; the question of whether employees should be considered "temporary civil servants"; and requests for salary increases. Other topics discussed include the use of first-class travel by certain employees of the Women's Land Army; salary levels after the headquarters moved from Balcombe to London, and then back again on account of flying bomb raids; the decline in volunteer numbers as a result of the end of the war; and the reorganisation of staffing.

Keywords

accommodation, administration, agricultural workers, agriculture, air raids, allowances, civil service, clothing, coupons, employment, female labour, finance, flying bombs, hotels, labour shortages, labour supply, minimum wage, recruitment, trade unions, transportation, uniforms, volunteers, wages, women's auxiliary services, working hours