Equal Rights Advocates
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Priscilla A. Golding Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-021
Abstract
This collection contains meeting minutes; notes; reports; articles; correspondence; memorandums; and other material belonging to Priscilla Golding, an advocate for women in highway construction. Golding was an active member of Northeast Women in Transportation (NEWIT), which was created to help women and minorities gain access funds from the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 for training, support services, and employment in the transportation industry. For...
Dates:
1994-2000; circa 1990s
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Affirmative action programs -- California 1
- Affirmative action programs -- United States 1
- Apprenticeship programs -- United States 1
- Building trades -- California 1
- Building trades -- United States 1
- Construction projects 1
- Discrimination in employment -- United States 1
- Diversity in the workplace 1
- Diversity in the workplace -- United States 1
- Labor laws and legislation -- California 1
- Labor union members -- United States 1
- Massachusetts 1
- Nontraditional employment for women -- United States 1
- Oakland (Calif.) 1
- Occupational training for women -- United States 1
- San Diego (Calif.) 1
- San Francisco (Calif.) 1
- Sex discrimination in employment 1
- Sex role and globalization 1
- Vocational education 1
- Women -- Employment 1
- Women in the labor movement 1 ∧ less
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