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A Clarity Production with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Pub. Date
1980
Language
English
Description
Touching on three decades of history, chronicles the brief career and sudden eclipse of Rosie the riveter -symbol of millions of women who worked in the skilled industrial trades during World War II. The story is told by the women themselves, five former 'Rosies' who recall their histories working as welders and shipfitters around the U.S.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered...