The Story of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety; February 10, 1917-November 21, 1918

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...service should be done by the Land Service Committee of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association, and that the experiment of establishing separate units should be attempted, rather than to make a State-wide canvas for woman labor. As the chairman of the Land Service Committee, Mrs. Sears, was also a member of the Woman's Committee on Agriculture, this work was done in co-operation with the Council of National Defense. Twelve hundred women were registered, and 250 were placed in units or on private estates. Eleven units were established by the Land Service Committee, and the two largest, at Lancaster and Westwood, were financed by the New England branch, both being installed as demonstration units and sources of labor supply. In connection with the Westwood unit, which began work in May and closed October 1, a community market was established in Dedham, where fresh vegetables were sold by the farmerettes two days each week. Canning was also Mrs. Gordon Abbott. Miss Mabel Babcock. Mrs. Lewis K. Morse. Mrs. William S. Patten. Mrs. Richard S: Russell. Mrs. James Swift. Mrs. William A. Copeland. Miss Helen Holmes. carried on throughout the season, and the unit furnished labor to 50 employers. In its behalf a farmerette festival was held, September 19, 1918, on the estate of Mrs. Edward Cunningham, which proved a great success. Five hundred people were present, 100 of this number being farmerettes, and the net returns amounted to $1,400. The demands for service at Lancaster began with the first warm days in the spring, when the emergency work consisted of asparagus cutting, and continued until after harvesting, in October. In all, 52 employers were served in Lancaster and vicinity, and 33 per cent of this service remained in the country to work...