United States. Women's Bureau
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Madeline Mixer Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-005
Abstract
This collection documents the contributions and achievements of Madeline Mixer, a former director of Region IX of the United States Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau in regards to creating equal employment opportunities, training, and education for women working in trades’ professions. Materials include: documents regarding California construction projects such as the Cypress Replacement Project and Oakland Federal Project, papers, reports, newsletters, and statistics related to the United...
Dates:
1953-2015; Majority of material found within 1986-1999
Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2013-003
Abstract
The Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. (OTI) collection contains correspondence, budgets, reports, clippings, newsletters, grant proposals, conference and event materials, papers of other trades organizations, videocassettes, and other materials relating to OTI. The bulk of the materials within this collection focus on OTI’s grant funded and community based projects, and events. Materials related to the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grant primarily focus on the...
Dates:
1973-2022, undated; Majority of material found within 1991-2003
Lynn Shaw Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2008-005
Abstract
This collection documents the academic and professional life of Dr. Lynn Shaw, a professor of electrical technology at Long Beach City College who has been a key figure in the labor and nontraditional women's occupation movement in Southern California as well as in national tradeswomen's groups. Materials include: professional organization and conference materials; materials concerning career development, including apprenticeship and curricular programs; reports; periodicals; Dr. Shaw's...
Dates:
1937-2019; undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2005
Filtered By
- Subject: Occupational training for women X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Affirmative action programs -- California 2
- Building trades -- California 2
- Career development -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2
- Career development -- Planning 2
- Career development -- Sex differences 2
- Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States 2
- Gender and education 2
- Gender and work 2
- Labor laws and legislation -- California 2
- Occupational training for women 2
- Women -- Employment 2
- Women in the labor movement 2
- Building trades -- United States 1
- Career development -- Curricula 1
- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- Discrimination in employment -- United States 1
- Long Beach (Calif.) 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Oakland (Calif.) 1
- Occupational training for women -- United States 1
- Portland (Or.) 1
- San Diego (Calif.) 1
- San Francisco (Calif.) 1
- Sex role and globalization 1
- Vocational education 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Women in the labor movement -- California 1 ∧ less
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