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Changing the game : women at work in Las Vegas, 1940-1990 /

"The growth of Las Vegas that began in the 1940s brought an influx of both women and men looking to work in the expanding hotel and casino industries. In fact, for the next fifty years the proportion of women in the labor force was greater in Las Vegas than the United States as a whole. Joanne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goodwin, Joanne L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno ; Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a "Goodwin explores women's lived experiences and work histories in Las Vegas during the second half of the twentieth century--a period of unprecedented growth in the city's service economy. Although Las Vegas' unique industry of gambling may initially suggest that women's work was somehow different than in other cities, this study argues that despite job categories of dealer, dancer, or diva, jobs for the majority of women remained characterized by gender and race segmentation. Furthermore, women created lives that blended work and family within that context and, in some cases, rose to positions of leadership within their respective fields. Based on nearly fifteen years of documentation and original research, Neon Narratives brings the lives of individual women into the history of the country's biggest tourist industry and in the process reveals much about the broader transitions for women that took place in American society between 1940 and 1990"--  |c Provided by publisher 
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505 0 |a Introduction : discovering women in post-1945 Las Vegas -- 1. Claudine Barbara Williams : casino owner -- 2. Sarann Preddy : casino owner -- 3. Bernice Jaeger : assistant general manager -- 4. Ffolliot "Fluff" Lecoque : company manager -- 5. Gail McQuary, Janet Kravenko, and D.D. cotton : dancers -- 6. Lucielle Bryant : housekeeper and uniform room supervisor -- 7. Hattie Canty : Culinary Workers Union organizer -- 8. Florence McClure : hotel executive administrator and community activist -- 9. Carol Gerardi : craps dealer and floor supervisor -- Conclusion : new narratives, social and economic change in women's lives. 
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