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We'll Call You If We Need You : Experiences of Women Working Construction /

"Susan Eisenberg began her apprenticeship with Local 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1978, the year president Jimmy Carter set goals and timetables for the hiring of women on federally assisted construction projects and for the inclusion of women in apprenticeship...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eisenberg, Susan, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface to the 2018 printing
  • Footings
  • Pioneering
  • Doors, windows, locks
  • Crossing the threshold : first days
  • Ain't got to show you shit
  • Making gender boundaries : porn, piss, power tools
  • (And yet) passions
  • Exceptional men
  • Balancing along across an I-beam
  • Settling in
  • Bucket or bathroom?
  • Carrying weight
  • Customized treatment : women of color
  • Ceilings and access panels : economics
  • Ceilings and access panels : leadership
  • Expansion joints
  • Punch list
  • The tradeswomen
  • Who's where
  • Record of interviews.