Monument to contribution of land girls during WW2

[Lilith7]

My mother wasn't one of them, but during WWII with her brothers away, she and her sisters ran the farm with their father. In 1945 she was 18, left and never went back. So there were more girls doing it than those recognised. She didn't get to go to secondary school...she was too busy working.

Yes, there were a lot of young women who had to do that, & various other things during WW2. Without their efforts things might have been far more difficult. 
 They're seldom mentioned these days but almost everyone made some kind of effort to help whether those manpowered into factories, those who joined the services or those who were older & joined the Kiwi version of 'Dad's army'.
Once the war was over, women were ushered back into the kitchen fairly swiftly, & their efforts go largely unacknowledged.