Rosie the Rubber Worker: Women Workers in Akron's Rubber Factories During World War II: The Women Workers of the Akron Rubber Industry in World War II - Rilegato

Endres, Kathleen L.

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ISBN 10: 0873386671 ISBN 13: 9780873386678

Casa editrice: Kent State Univ Pr, 2000

Riassunto

In this richly illustrated book Kathleen L. Endres examines the lives of women working in the rubber industry in World War II.Endres points out that women were not new to the factories of Akron. Years before the war, many women had been balancing their home lives with working in these factories. And while the war did offer new opportunities to such groups as African Americans, women had been present in the rubber industry for decades, relegated to the lower paid less skilled jobs, which often required more manual dexterity than the jobs left for the skilled labor of men.Drawing upon heretofore unavailable archival materials and oral histories, Rosie the Rubber Worker offers readers a personal as well as scholarly account of the era and highlights the important role many women played in wartime production and how their work affected their lives during the war and after.

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new 176 pages; Description: 176 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-166) and index. Subjects: Women rubber industry workers --Ohio --Akron --History. Women rubber industry workers --Ohio --Akron --Interviews. World War, 1939-1945 --Women --Ohio --Akron --History

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Kent State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0873386671
• ISBN 13: 9780873386678
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 176
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