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Montgomery County Historical Society’s Women’s Land Army of America, 1918-1923 collection documents the experiences of the women who chipped in and took charge at local farms during World War I. In this photograph, “Farmerette” Miss Jane McIlheney from Washington, D.C., wrangles a calf on a farm in Rockville, Maryland around 1918, courtesy of Montgomery County Historical Society via Digital Maryland.

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