A documentary on Ontario's farmerettes is coming to the Pyramid Recreation Centre in St. Marys.
The Town of St. Marys says the St. Marys Museum and the Friends of the St. Marys Museum will air "We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of the Ontario Farmerettes" on Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m.
The documentary shares the story of the Ontario Farm Service Force, which had over 40,000 teenage girls working on agricultural operations between 1941 and 1952.
Known as ‘The Farmerettes’, their job was to ensure critical food production continued during a period of great uncertainty. Most of the living farmerettes are now in their mid to late 90s.
There will be a Q and A after the film with the filmmakers, and a chance to acquire autographed copies of 'Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes', Shirleyan English and Bonnie Sitter’s book.
Tickets are $20 and are available for purchase in-person at the St. Marys Museum, Friendship Centre, and The Hitching Post.
More details about the film are available at https://welendahand.ca/.
"This documentary shows how women and girls contributed to the war effort on the Home Front," said Emily Taylor, Curator and Archivist of the St. Marys Museum. "They persevered through immense hardships, yet their stories aren’t widely shared. We Lend a Hand helps put them in the spotlight."
