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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

Vivian Price Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2008-004
Abstract This collection documents the academic and professional life of Dr. Vivian Price, a political scientist, videographer, and union electrician, who has played an active role in the labor and non-traditional women’s occupation movement in Los Angeles, California. Materials include: legal and business papers, labor union records, professional organization and conference materials, correspondence, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, ephemera, lectures, miscellaneous academic papers,...
Dates: 1970-2015; undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1997

Ronnie Sandler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-014
Abstract This collection documents the work of Ronnie Sandler, an activist in the tradeswomen’s movement. Much of Sandler’s work focused on expanding women’s access to fields where they had not traditionally been employed, such as building trades and transportation. The bulk of the collection focuses on Sandler’s efforts to organize with tradeswomen’s organizations to access funds from the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991, in order to train women for nontraditional...
Dates: 1942-2016; undated; Majority of material found within 1990-1998

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

Pat Williams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-031
Abstract This collection documents the academic and professional life of Pat Williams- a former union operating engineer. Also an advocate for women in trades, Williams has participated in the labor and non-traditional women’s occupation movement in Southern California. Materials in this collection include: correspondence; personal papers; materials related to International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE); newsletters; magazines; and other documents collected from trades unions; and tradeswomen...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950-2010; undated; 1895-2023; undated

Women's Work Magazine Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2021-028
Scope and Contents The Women's Work Magazine Collection (1975-1979) contains nineteen issues of "Women's Work" magazine, published by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW)- an organization that offers assistance to women in order to prepare them for jobs that can provide them with eocnomic independence and equality of opportunity. Topics include: employment trends, career ideas, child care, equal opportunity, financial independence, single motherhood, women in politics, women in the miltiary, and other related...
Dates: 1975-1979

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Sex discrimination in employment 5
Building trades -- California 4
Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States 4
Diversity in the workplace 4
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Tradeswomen, Inc. 4
United States. Department of Labor 4
Women in Non Traditional Employment Roles (WINTER) 4
Century Freeway Affirmative Action Committee Inc. (Calif.) 3
Electric Women 3
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 11 (Calif.) 3
Los Angeles Unified School District 3
Mixer, Madeline 3
Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc. 3
Boston Tradeswomen's Network 2
Cassyd, Donna 2
Chicago Women in Trades 2
Crudup, Neshtey 2
Doro, Sue, 1937- 2
Non Traditional Employment for Women 2
Price, Vivian 2
Shaw, Lynn Judith 2
Southern California Tradeswomen Network 2
United States. Women's Bureau 2
Andrews, Thomas H. (Thomas Hiram), 1953- 1
Apprenticeship and Non Traditional Employment for Women 1
Brown, Hattie 1
Butler, Linda Lyons 1
California. Department of Industrial Relations. Division of Apprenticeship Standards 1
California. Department of Transportation 1
Century Housing Corporation (Calif.) 1
City of Long Beach Private Industry Council 1
Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.) 1
Dabney, Lynn 1
Dassler, Lee 1
Equal Rights Advocates 1
Frank, Sandra 1
Gilbert, Jane 1
Golding, Priscilla 1
International Union of Operating Engineers 1
International Union of Operating Engineers. Local 501 1
Leahy, Patrick 1
Liberty Hill Foundation 1
Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power 1
Los Angeles Metropolitan Plumbers 1
Maine. Department of Transportation 1
McCormick, Dale 1
Mitchell, George J. (George John), 1933- 1
Mixer, Joseph 1
Morella, Constance A., 1931- 1
Ms. Foundation for Women (U.S.) 1
National Tradeswomen’s Network 1
New Hampshire. Department of Transportation 1
Northeast Women in Transportation (NEWIT) 1
Northern New England Tradeswomen, Inc. 1
Perkins, Janet 1
Rodriguez, Lilly 1
Sanders, Bernard 1
Shakoor-Akbar, Ebony 1
Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust 1
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association 1
Sisters in the Brotherhood 1
Takagi, Tani 1
Templin, Jane 1
Tradeswomen of Philadelphia/Women in Non-traditional Work, Inc. (TOP/WIN) 1
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics 1
United States. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training 1
United States. Federal Highway Administration 1
United States. Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act of 1991 1
WOMEN Unlimited, Inc. 1
Williams, Patricia 1
Wisconsin. Department of Transportation 1
Women in the Building Trades 1
Women’s Project 1
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