In this lively collection, twenty-six women talk about their experiences in "non-traditional, " blue-collar work. Employed in a wide range of occupations - as ironworkers, carpenters, truck drivers, electricians, sprinkler fitters, subway operators, welders - the women vividly describe the large and small challenges of life on the job. Their candid first-person narratives express common themes: the drive to prove oneself in trades where women are still vastly underrepresented, the struggles with harassment from male co-workers, the growing self-confidence from new-found skills, the sweet success of conquering previously unthinkable challenges - and earning "men's wages" for it.
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One of my Sunday morning rituals used to be making some coffee and poring over the classified section of the newspaper. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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San Francisco, Hard-Hatted Women, Transit Authority, Third World, Naomi Friedman, Captain Mac, Sonoma County, Trade Center, Utility Switch Operator, World War, Cassandra Miller, Electronics Inspector, Jay Street, Juanita Sanchez, Lucy Lim, New England, New Jersey, Union Carbide, Women Empowering Women New!
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One of my Sunday morning rituals used to be making some coffee and poring over the classified section of the newspaper. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
switch operator, general foreman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Hard-Hatted Women, Transit Authority, Third World, Naomi Friedman, Captain Mac, Sonoma County, Trade Center, Utility Switch Operator, World War, Cassandra Miller, Electronics Inspector, Jay Street, Juanita Sanchez, Lucy Lim, New England, New Jersey, Union Carbide, Women Empowering Women New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Popular Culture: Past and Present by Tony Bennett in Back Matter
- Leading Out: Mountaineering Stories of Adventurous Women by Rachel Da Silva in Back Matter
- When Women Played Hardball by Johnson in Back Matter
- Hard-Hatted Women: Stories of Struggle and Success in the Trades by Molly Martin in Front Matter
- Lesbian Couples by D. Merilee Clunis in Back Matter
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