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Nontraditional employment for women -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Sue Doro Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-013
Abstract

This collection is related to Sue Doro, a woman who worked as a machinist for over thirty-five years, and wrote poetry about her experiences as a machinist, and her life. It includes newspapers and publications related to her poetry books, apperances, and poetry readings; permissions; copyright; publications; correspondence; and other material related to Sue Doro and women tradeswomen.

Dates: Fall 1979-September 16, 2011

FireWork Newsletter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-008
Abstract

This collection contains issues of FireWork: Women in Fire Suppression newsletters from 1982-1999.

Dates: Publication: 1982-1999

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

Molly Martin Tradeswomen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-061
Abstract This collection documents the professional life of Molly Martin, an electrician and city building inspector, and her involvement with the labor and nontraditional women's occupation movement in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as in national tradeswomen's groups and projects. Materials include: documents related to career development including apprenticeship and vocational programs; reports; periodicals; flyers; clippings; conference and workshop material; material related to Tradeswomen...
Dates: 1971-2018; undated

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

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

Tradeswomen Archive Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-036
Abstract This collection contains articles; clippings; magazines; newsletters; t-shirts; stickers; pins; tote bags; conference programs; photographs; flyers; and other material donated by women who worked in trades' professions (tradeswomen) such as: electricians, ironworkers, carpenters, and other trades. Also included is material related to tradeswomen involvement in labor unions, and the nontraditional women's occupation movement. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives...
Dates: 1971-2023; undated; Majority of material found within 1990-2020

Women's Work Magazine Collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30550014970477]
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