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Fleeting opportunities : women shipyard workers in Portland and Vancouver during World War II and reconversion / Amy Kesselman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kesselman, Amy Vita, 1944- author.
- Series:
- SUNY series in American labor history.
- SUNY Series in American Labor History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipbuilding industry--Oregon--Portland--Employees--History.
- Shipbuilding industry.
- Shipbuilding industry--Washington--Vancouver--History.
- Women--Employment--Oregon--Portland--History.
- Women.
- Women--Employment--Washington--Vancouver--History.
- Sex discrimination in employment--Oregon--Portland--History.
- Sex discrimination in employment.
- Sex discrimination in employment--Washington--Vancouver--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Oregon--Portland.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Washington--Vancouver.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book tells the story of the daily lives of women industrial workers in World War II shipyards. It focuses on their struggle against the persistence of occupational segregation, the sexual and racial hierarchy of the shipyard work force, and the pervasive emphasis on female sexuality which served as a constant reminder that women were transient and marginal imposters. In addition, Fleeting Opportunities demonstrates that despite the myth that these women yearned to return to their kitchens, in fact many wanted to continue using their wartime skills in the postwar period. However, finding themselves excluded from jobs by union and management, those who continued to work ended up in low-paying, predominantly female occupations.
- Contents:
- Fleeting Opportunities ; Contents ; Tables ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1 ""Working Women Win Wars"" ; 2 Life in the Yards ; 3 Welding the Seams of the Double Day ; 4 ""What Will Happen When the Boys Come Home?"" ; 5 After the War ; Notes ; Selected References ; Index ; A ; B ; C ; D ; E ; F ; G ; h ; I ; J ; K ; L ; M ; N ; O ; P ; Q ; R ; S ; T ; U ; V ; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438408859
- 1438408854
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