Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc.
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brigid O'Farrell Tradeswomen Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-035
Abstract
This collection documents the academic and professional career of Brigid O’Farrell, an activist and independent scholar within the women’s labor rights movement. The material briefly includes her time as a student in graduate school, as a researcher for the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College, and as an active member in various tradeswomen and women's rights organizations, such as Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), the National Council of Women’s Organization, and more, as an...
Dates:
1976-2022; undated
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
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- Affirmative action programs -- California 1
- Apprenticeship programs -- United States 1
- Building trades -- California 1
- Building trades -- United States 1
- Career development 1
- Career development -- Curricula 1
- Career development -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
- Career development -- Planning 1
- Career development -- Sex differences 1
- Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Diversity in the workplace 1
- Gender and education 1
- Labor laws and legislation -- California 1
- Labor union members -- United States 1
- Nontraditional employment for women -- United States 1
- Occupational training for women 1
- Women in the labor movement 1
- Women in the labor movement -- California 1 ∧ less
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