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A woman named a champion plough girl who starred in the propaganda film Land Girl is among thousands of Second World War workers whose records can now be searched online.

If like me you are of mature years you will remember the Women’s Land Army, members of which made a huge contribution to the war effort here at…

The remarkable careers of the Lumberjills - who played a vital role in the war effort of the Second World War - are to be celebrated in a photography exhibition at Grizedale Forest.

With people taking part all over the world, here are our top stories of people going above and beyond for the planet.

More than 80 years after the government appealed for women to volunteer to work in forestry for the war effort, they’re doing it again.

THE HIGHLAND GIRLS AT WAR

Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth, Maine, thinks (correctly, in my opinion) the word 'lumberjill' should appear in the dictionary right next to 'lumberjack.'

Catch up on everything that happened at our Writing Hour. We talked about viewpoints, serials and pre-ordering books.

THEY were known affectionately as ‘Lumberjills’ during the second world war.In 1942 hundreds of women and girls as young as 14 were…

British-born food writer who found fame in the US with groundbreaking books about Mexican cuisine and its traditions