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Girls are coming (1999)
Book Details
Author
Peggie Carlson
Genre/Subject Women and Work
Publication Date 1999
Format Paperback (210 mm)
Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press
Plot
In 1974, lured by good wages, a 22-year-old college student from suburban Minneapolis started working as a pipefitter trainee for Minnegasco, a Minnesota natural gas utility. Peggie Carlson was one of the first four women hired by the company into non-secretarial jobs after passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. On the job, she and Sonny, another of the pioneering four, met men who were hostile, men who were helpful, and men who were simply flummoxed to find "girls" in their midst. "S'long as a guy does his job," one told her, "it don't matter ta me if he's a gal.". "This memoir is the sometimes humorous story of how they learned to work together - and what they all learned about stereotypes.
Personal Details
Collection Status In Collection
Location Women's Center
Index 557
Read It Yes
Links URL
Product Details
LoC Classification F614.M59N43 1999
Dewey 977.6/57900496073/0092 21
ISBN 0873513754
Paper Type cl. : alk. paper
Nr of Pages 203
First Edition No
Rare No