The Mirror - Lumberjills who saw allies to war victory
I paper - Lumberjills: a forgotten army of strong women
The Scotsman - Scotland’s forgotten forest volunteers remembered in new book
The Sunday Post - The Honest Truth: Hit the road, Jack! How lumberjills went back to their roots to fill men’s boots
Press & Journal - Women at sharp edge
The Yorkshire Post - The Women’s Timber Corps during the Second World War is often overlooked - now a new book examines the role they played
HistoryScotland.com - Meet the Lumberjills
BBC1 Great British Menu
BBC1 Countryfile Rememberence Day Episode
The Daily Mail Online – 21st January 2025 - Britain's heroine lumberJILLS: Unseen pictures show members of the Women's Timber Corps at work during WWII - after they faced down sexist officials to perform vital logging role
Heritage Tractor Magazine - Winter 2024 – Women behind the wheel
East Sussex Express - 8th July 2024 - Giving the forgotten Army of WW2 Lumberjills a voice
Forestry Journal - 26th May 2023 - One of the last surviving Lumberjills tells of 'very hard work'
BBC South TV News - 11th November 2022
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour - 26th October 2022 - Lumberjills
The Daily Mail Online - 13 April 2022 - The LumberJILLS: How army of 15,000 female volunteers in the Women's Timber Corps felled millions of trees to fuel Britain's war effort in WWII… and brought gender stereotypes crashing down too
Eastern Daily Press - 13th April 2022 - 'Britain's forgotten army' - Celebrating the Lumberjills' vital war-time role
Newsbreak - 13th April 2022 - Germany - The LumberJILLS: How army of 15,000 female volunteers in the Women's Timber Corps felled millions of trees to fuel Britain's war effort in WWII… and brought gender stereotypes crashing down too
Mogaznews - World News - 13th April 2022 - How 15,000 lumberjills in the Women's Timber Corps felled millions of trees
Hot Lifestyle News - 13th April 2022 - HOW 15,000 LUMBERJILLS IN WOMEN'S TIMBER CORPS FELLED TREES IN WWII
Daily Record - 14th April 2022 - Amazing untold story of World War Two ‘Lumberjills’ as Dundee member celebrates her 100th birthday
Daily Echo - 14th April 2022 – Author Joanna Foat praises role of Women's Timber Corps
Harrogate Advertiser - 14th April 2022 - Wetherby’s role in WWII Lumberjills
The World News - 14th April 2022 - Amazing untold story of World War Two ‘Lumberjills’ as Dundee member celebrates her 100th birthday
The Courier - 16th April 2022 - Remembering the work of Second World War Lumberjills
Angus World - 16th April 2022 - Women's Timber Corps celebrates 80th birthday
The Press and Journal - 18th April 2022 - ‘Some girls are jolly good fellers’: Women’s Timber Corps founded 80 years ago amid male scepticism
Farnham Herald - 27th April 2022 - Alice Holt’s Lumberjills – the forgotten heroes of the Second World War
CBBC Newsround - 11th April 2022 - The Women's Timber Corps: Who were the 'Lumberjills' and what did they do?
Channel 5 Select Walking Wartime Britain, Episode 4 - Hampshire - 5th October 2021
“It's wonderful to read these stories of the women who contributed so much to the war effort but were then forgotten about.
Thanks to Joanna's perseverance and determination, they are now being rightly honoured and remembered.”
"The hardback photo book is a beautiful gift and its wonderful photos truly bring stories about these incredible Lumberjills to life. Thank you for putting this photographic record together, Jo, and ensuring this part of history will be remembered for generations to come."
“Joanna Foat’s characters
are brilliantly drawn and so
wonderfully written, readers will end up missing them when they turn the last page.
Written with style, flair and heart, this evocative, entertaining and gloriously readable historical novel is a delight from beginning to end and I look forward to reading more books from Joanna Foat.”
© Copyright Joanna Foat 2024
