1917 : World War I Fever in Michigan; 100,000 Women Offer To Plant and Harvest Crops

STATE MOVES TO MAN FARMS: Ex-Governor Warner Heads Committee Named to Banish Food Supply Peril. 100,000 WOMEN OFFER TO SERVE AS NEEDED Schools and Manufacturers Will Be Asked to Send Aid to Garner Harvest

Detroit Free Press, April 14, 1917.