Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities

Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities
ISBN-10
0271026855
ISBN-13
9780271026855
Category
Social Science
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Penn State Press
Author
Karen Olson

Description

Wives of Steel is based on more than eighty formal interviews conducted over a fifteen-year period with women and some men, both white and black, all of whom were part of Sparrows Point as workers, spouses, or longtime residents of the local communities. Through the stories they tell, we see how a male-dominated industry has influenced personal, family, and social experiences over several generations. We also see the distinct differences and surprising similarities among the lives of black and white women, which often reflect the complicated relationships among black and white steelworkers in the plant.

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