2. Who were the land girls?
• They are girls that did all the farming
work in world war 2.
3. Why did they do it?
• They did all the farming because all
the men were fighting in the war.
4. What did they do?
• They looked after chickens and chicks
and collected all the eggs.
• They milked the cows to get milk.
• They grew vegetables like potatoes,
carrots, peas and beans
5. What else did they do?
• They looked after the
pigs and made bacon
and pork chops.
• They also looked after
the lambs and sheep to
make lamb chops.
6. What was it like?
• They got up very early.
• They had to work in the rain and the snow!
• They wore working clothes.
• It was very hard work.
7. Summary
• The land girls
worked hard so
that everyone had
enough to eat!
• The Land Girls were
heroes as well!