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ORGANIZATIONS |
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Association for Union Democracy |
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Chicago Women in Trades |
| Coalition of Labor Union Women |
| International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services |
| Mujeres Contstructoras, Women Carpenters in Nicaragua |
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New York City District Council of Carpenters' Women's Committee |
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Nontraditional Employment for Women |
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Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. |
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Pride at Work, LGBT labor and allies |
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Sisters in the Building Trades |
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Tradeswomen (Oakland, CA) |
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State Building & Construction Trades Council of California |
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Vermont Works for Women |
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United Women Firefighters Association of New York City |
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Wider Opportunities for Women |
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Women in Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology |
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ARCHIVES AND ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS |
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Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University |
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Carpenters for a Stronger Union records |
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Communications Workers of America, Dist. 1 records |
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Out in the Union: Gays and Lesbians in the Labor Movement, Miriam Frank Oral History Collection |
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United Women Firefighters records |
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National Women's Trade Union League |
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Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University (includes the Detroit Tradeswomen Oral History Project) |
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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 |
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MEDIA AND THE ARTS |
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Brenda Berkman, printmaker |
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Her Own Words, source for DVDs, VHS recordings about women in nontraditional careers |
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Herstory Writers Workshop, women writing their stories |
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Labor Heritage Foundation, promoting the cultural heritage of the American worker through the arts |
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Marty Pottenger, Sister and performance artist; excerpts from her Obie Award-winning City Water Tunnel #3 |
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Pride and a Paycheck, articles, poetry, art and stories by tradeswomen |
| Taking the Heat, PBS documentary about NYC's first female firefighters |
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Talking History, aural history collection and radio program, University at Albany; includes labor history resources |
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FOR FURTHER READING |
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Bibliography for Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City. Compiled by author Jane Latour.
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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. |
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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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Copyright 2012
Jane LaTour/Talking History
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