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ORGANIZATIONS
  Association for Union Democracy
  Chicago Women in Trades
Coalition of Labor Union Women
 International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services
 Mujeres Contstructoras, Women Carpenters in Nicaragua
  New York City District Council of Carpenters' Women's Committee
  Nontraditional Employment for Women
  Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
  Pride at Work, LGBT labor and allies
  Sisters in the Building Trades
  Tradeswomen (Oakland, CA)
  State Building & Construction Trades Council of California
  Vermont Works for Women
  United Women Firefighters Association of New York City
  Wider Opportunities for Women
  Women in Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology

 
ARCHIVES AND ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
  Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University
  Carpenters for a Stronger Union records
  Communications Workers of America, Dist. 1 records
  Out in the Union: Gays and Lesbians in the Labor Movement, Miriam Frank Oral History Collection
  United Women Firefighters records
  National Women's Trade Union League
  Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University (includes the Detroit Tradeswomen Oral History Project)
   
ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION
  The Artisan Baking Center, Long Island City
 The Consortium for Worker Education, New York City
 Legal Momentum: The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund
 Labor Technical College, New York City District Council of Carpenters
 National Organization for Women (NOW)
 New Labor Forum
 Union Women's Summer Schools
 Women on the Job
 
MEDIA AND THE ARTS
  Brenda Berkman, printmaker
  Her Own Words, source for DVDs, VHS recordings about women in nontraditional careers
  Herstory Writers Workshop, women writing their stories
  Labor Heritage Foundation, promoting the cultural heritage of the American worker through the arts
  Marty Pottenger, Sister and performance artist; excerpts from her Obie Award-winning City Water Tunnel #3
  Pride and a Paycheck, articles, poetry, art and stories by tradeswomen
 Taking the Heat, PBS documentary about NYC's first female firefighters
  Talking History, aural history collection and radio program, University at Albany; includes labor history resources
 
FOR FURTHER READING
  Bibliography for Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City. Compiled by author Jane Latour.
 
  Union Women's Bibliographies. Extensive resources for information about labor issues, women and unions, organizing, history, statistics, media, and publications.Compiled by United Association for Labor Education.
 
  Bernhardt, Debra E. A Pictorial History of Working People in New York City. New York: New York University Press, 2000. Electrician Cynthia Long is one of the individuals profiled in this book.
 
         
 
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Jane LaTour/Talking History