Lumberjills

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Women's Timber Corps

Other names: 
The women of the WTC where known as 'Lumberjills'
Dates: 
1942-1946

The WTC was formed during the Second World War to provide workers for the Foresty Commission.

The work of the WTC included all the jobs involved with forestry including felling, snedding, loading, crosscutting, driving tractors, trucks, working with horses and operating sawmills.

Sources
Wikipedia entry on Women's Timber Corps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_Timber_Corps

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