There's a lot of recognition and understanding between women everyone who joins the WI does so for their own reasons but the aim is often the same I joined my WI because I moved to a relatively small village where I didn't know anybody plus I always find spending time with other women pretty inspiring. Part of the book that really hit home for me was about one WI member whose husband left for war she did not see him again for almost four years and during that time she had to raise three children on her own, run the household and maintain a farm yet she still found time to be involved in her local WI so that she could help others.Īt the end of the day this book is about women and the way in which the WI brings them together.
Whilst these extra activities were going on, the WI continued to focus on building a better future and campaigning for changes to be made. This movement and hard work created extra food supplies that were desperately needed. WIs knitted and hand-made many garments sent abroad for the forces tasks like this were vital and who else would have taken them on? WI's across the country were also involved in the Digging for Victory movement, they provided information through their publication Home and County as to what should be planted and when and how to care for the food once picked. Many WI's were heavily involved with the evacuee process, helping to re-home and care for the many children who had to leave towns and cities due to the threat of bombing. However, they did so, so much more during the war. Yes, they did indeed make jam which was hugely important as at the time of rationing it was vital that no food went to waste. They have had to live with the cosy couplet of 'Jam and Jerusalem' for over half a century and it was ridiculing the enormous amount of work done by the women of rural Britain. Summers very much focuses on the WI's role during the Second World War, obviously there is much more to them than that but it is probably this period of time that showed them to be a real force to reckoned with.
Jambusters by Julie Summers is the book which inspired the ITV drama Home Fires I've not watched the series yet but I joined the WI just four months ago so I was interested to read more about them.
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