Organizations -- Tradeswomen, Inc. -- Training programs and events; tradeswomen calendar, 2000-2005

This series consists of items collected by Lynn Shaw that document her affiliation and work with tradeswomen organizations located primarily, though not exclusively, in California. This series includes administrative files, minutes from meetings, personal and organizational notes, general information about organizations, correspondence, and ephemera. The first sequence focuses on organizations with whom Dr. Shaw was or has been directly involved, including WINTER, which she founded; Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow, a national coalition of tradeswomen's advocates for which she serves as a board member; the Southern California Tradeswomen Network, which Dr. Shaw incorporated in 1993; Electric Women, a support group for women electricians that began in 1984 and continued meeting until 2004; and the Redlands-San Bernardino Chapter of the National Organization for Women, for which Dr. Shaw served as co-coordinator in the mid-1980s. The second sequence includes organizations Dr. Shaw has either supported or found relevant; this sequence is arranged alphabetically by name of organization. The materials in this series reflect women's advocacy and work to organize, educate, and support themselves in their pursuit of skilled trades and nontraditional occupations. For example, in 1995, WINTER grew out of the Century Women's Employment Project, and Dr. Shaw was directly involved in developing the organization's founding principles; the organization has since served as an advocacy and support group for women interested in nontraditional careers and skilled trades. For more information on the activities of various organizations represented in this series, see other series in this collection, including especially Series III, Tradeswomen and Related Publications; and Series V, Career Development and the Trades, Subseries B, Conferences and Workshops, and Subseries D, Curriculum and Lesson Planning