What got Bonnie Sitter started with was a small photograph of some young women. The travel agent and recent widow from Exeter was going through her husband’s family photos in an effort to downsize and she came across this small but intriguing picture. She didn’t recognize any of the young women in the photo and they didn’t seem to be members the Sitter family.

On the back was the word ‘farmerettes,’ but she had no idea what that meant. So, she started to do some research. That research led her to the late Shirleyan English, who eventually became her co-author, and to a fascinating part of Second World War history in Canada.

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