That transformation did not happen. In this book, Eisenberg weaves the voices of 30 women who worked as carpenters, electricians, ironworkers, painters and plumbers to examine why their numbers remained small. Speaking as if to a friend, the women recall their decisions to enter the trades, their first days on the job and their strategies to gain training and acceptance. They assess, with thought, passion and 20 years perspective, the affirmative action efforts. The author ends with a discussion of the practices and policies that would be required to uproot gender barriers where they are deeply embedded in the organization and culture of the workplace.…mehr
That transformation did not happen. In this book, Eisenberg weaves the voices of 30 women who worked as carpenters, electricians, ironworkers, painters and plumbers to examine why their numbers remained small. Speaking as if to a friend, the women recall their decisions to enter the trades, their first days on the job and their strategies to gain training and acceptance. They assess, with thought, passion and 20 years perspective, the affirmative action efforts. The author ends with a discussion of the practices and policies that would be required to uproot gender barriers where they are deeply embedded in the organization and culture of the workplace.
Susan Eisenberg is a master electrician with a master's degree in fine arts. A widely published poet, a visual artist, and a long-term activist, she speaks and consults nationally on gender equity in the workplace. She is the creator of the touring mixed-media installation On Equal Terms: Women in Construction 30 Years & Still Organizing and author of Blind Spot and Pioneering: Poems from the Construction Site. After working fifteen years on union construction sites, she taught creative writing for a decade at the University of Massachusetts. A Resident Artist/Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center of Brandeis University, she lives in Boston.
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Introduction 1. FootingsPIONEERING 2. Doors, Windows, Locks 3. Crossing the Threshold: First Days 4. Ain't Got to Show You Shit 5. Marking Gender Boundaries: Porn, Piss, Power Tools 6. (and yet) Passions 7. Exceptional Men 8. Balancing Alone across an I-BeamSETTLING IN 9. Bucket or Bathroom? 10. Carrying Weight 11. Customized Treatment: Women of Color 12. Ceilings and Access Panels: Economics 13. Ceilings and Access Panels: Leadership 14. Expansion Joints 15. Punch ListTHE TRADESWOMENWho's Where Record of Interviews
Introduction 1. FootingsPIONEERING 2. Doors, Windows, Locks 3. Crossing the Threshold: First Days 4. Ain't Got to Show You Shit 5. Marking Gender Boundaries: Porn, Piss, Power Tools 6. (and yet) Passions 7. Exceptional Men 8. Balancing Alone across an I-BeamSETTLING IN 9. Bucket or Bathroom? 10. Carrying Weight 11. Customized Treatment: Women of Color 12. Ceilings and Access Panels: Economics 13. Ceilings and Access Panels: Leadership 14. Expansion Joints 15. Punch ListTHE TRADESWOMENWho's Where Record of Interviews
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