Photo: Farmerettes canning and slicing potatoes in the Pearsons basement after a day at work, 1918.I
Photo: Farmerettes canning and slicing potatoes in the Pearsons basement after a day at work, 1918.In 1917, Mount Holyoke created a league of its own students to plant, harvest, and can food for the allied troops. They called themselves the farmerettes. Although many men believed that the students could not achieve the task of farming because they were women, the farmerettes proved to be very successful and productive on the field. After several hours of outdoor working, the students would can vegetables and slice potatoes. To learn more about the farmerettes, visit the Mount Holyoke Archives and special collections in the basement of Dwight Hall, or at https://compass.fivecolleges.edu/institution/mount-holyoke-college -- source link