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High voltage women : breaking barriers at Seattle City Light
| Title | High voltage women : breaking barriers at Seattle City Light |
| Names | Belew, Ellie. |
| Book Number | DBC19128 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Books |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Downloadable talking book. | |
| Annotation | Ten women were hired as Electrical Trades Trainees by Seattle City Light in 1974. They faced active resistance and harassment from their male co-workers and management, resulting in a lawsuit on their behalf. They persisted and won. Adult. Unrated. |
| General Notes | Available from BARD courtesy of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. |
| Local Notes | "The gripping story of a multi-racial group of women who put their bodies on the line to gain a foothold in the male and largely white electrical trades at Seattle's publicly owned utility in the 1970s. Female pioneers implemented affirmative action in the face of life-threatening sexism and racism. Some saw the trades as just a means to a better paycheck. But other participants sought to build alliances with men of color, white male union members, and office staff to change the culture of discrimination at City Light and in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77. This book recounts 25 years of workplace activism, draws the connections between Seattle's feminist, civil rights and labor movements, and shows the record of city politicians on affirmative action and job justice issues. Includes photos, index, timeline, and reference notes."--Amazon. |
| Narrator | Godfrey, Debra. |
| Length | 1 online resource (audio (8 hours, 47 minutes)) |
| Local Subject | Civil rights and equality - SO10 |
| Legal issues - SO9 | |
| Social sciences - SO | |
| Careers and job training - BU2 | |
| Northwest history - NW8 | |
| Northwest nonfiction - NW2 | |
| Produced at WTBBL - PAW | |
| Adult book - AD | |
| Nonfiction - NF | |
| U.S. History - HI1 | |
| LC Subject | Affirmative action programs - Washington (State) - Seattle - History |
| Sex discrimination in employment - Washington (State) - Seattle - History |
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| Women electric industry workers - Washington (State) - Seattle - History |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Audience Notes | A NLS/BPH |
| Call Number | 331.48213192409797772 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2019 |
| Publication Info | Seattle : Red Letter Press 2019 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Seattle, WA : Red Letter Press, 2019. 9780932323347 |
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