Series III: Career Development in the Trades, 1990-2013; bulk 1993-1997

Career development in the trades is an umbrella term that encompasses professional meetings, apprenticeship programs, and educational projects to prepare women with the skills necessary to succeed in the construction, manufacturing and transportation sectors of the economy. This series gathers conference and workshop programs, training materials and handouts, minutes from seminars, transcripts of discussions, reports and formal studies, personal notes, as well as curricula development and community projects related to the integration of women into nontraditional jobs throughout 1990-2008, but mostly covers the span of 1993-1997. This series describes tradeswomen’s education and continuing training as well as the many defining factors of the workplace. Topics focus on training and advancement in the trades, changes to the construction industries, leadership, mentoring and networking and working conditions (federal polices, standards and work regulations, health and safety hazards, sexual harassment, and racial and genre discrimination issues). The series is divided into three subseries: Series III.a Conference and Workshops,1993-2008; Series III.b Educational Programs and Community Projects, 1980-1997; Series III.c Reference Materials, 1978-1998