Maggie Andrews says members debated how to outwit Nazis and equal rights and were the acceptable face of feminism
Jam-making by members of the Women’s Institute is normally seen as a fun and essentially benign activity – not a way of killing Nazis.
Hay festival heard that during the second world war WI branches vigorously debated the consequences of a German invasion and jam was central.
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