Daughter of Manton and Delia West Marble. Delia West Marble (1848-1951) was a member of the Bedford Garden Club and the Garden Club of America, and a curator of Geology at Barnard College. Along with her lifelong partner Ida Helen Ogilvie, she was a founder of the Women's Agricultural Camp, which laid the groundwork for the Women's Land Army of America (WLAA). Marble is (most likely) pictured here in a hand painted glass lantern slide from the Archives of American Gardens, tending to her Bedford, New York gardens.
The WLAA was established during World War I and resurrected during World War II to mitigate labor shortages on American farms. Women enlistees provided essential labor as men were left to serve overseas, leaving crops to harvest and chores to tend to on small farms across the country. Formally founded in 1917, women who joined the WLAA answered the civic call of duty and turned out in droves to drive tractors, milk cows, can food, and feed the nation. A group of "farmerettes," as they were known, lived at Marble and Ogilvie's camp on Marble's family farm, training and gaining hands-on experience at local farms. Marble served on the Advisory Council of the WLAA and played a crucial role in proving women could capably take on work traditionally reserved for men and "grow" a civic movement. Between 1917 and 1919, 15,000 to 20,000 women participated in the program.
Source: Smithsonian Gardens Facebook page
Daughter of Manton and Delia West Marble. Delia West Marble (1848-1951) was a member of the Bedford Garden Club and the Garden Club of America, and a curator of Geology at Barnard College. Along with her lifelong partner Ida Helen Ogilvie, she was a founder of the Women's Agricultural Camp, which laid the groundwork for the Women's Land Army of America (WLAA). Marble is (most likely) pictured here in a hand painted glass lantern slide from the Archives of American Gardens, tending to her Bedford, New York gardens.
The WLAA was established during World War I and resurrected during World War II to mitigate labor shortages on American farms. Women enlistees provided essential labor as men were left to serve overseas, leaving crops to harvest and chores to tend to on small farms across the country. Formally founded in 1917, women who joined the WLAA answered the civic call of duty and turned out in droves to drive tractors, milk cows, can food, and feed the nation. A group of "farmerettes," as they were known, lived at Marble and Ogilvie's camp on Marble's family farm, training and gaining hands-on experience at local farms. Marble served on the Advisory Council of the WLAA and played a crucial role in proving women could capably take on work traditionally reserved for men and "grow" a civic movement. Between 1917 and 1919, 15,000 to 20,000 women participated in the program.
Source: Smithsonian Gardens Facebook page
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