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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities

Wives of Steel: Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities

Olson, Karen

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Gender StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0271058609
ISBN13: 9780271058603
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Sep 15 2012
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

During its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, the Bethlehem Steel mill at Sparrows Point near Baltimore was one of the world's largest steel plants, employing as many as 30,000 workers. But these glory years were short-lived, as the American steel industry soon collapsed, taking with it the high-income industrial jobs that many Sparrows Point workers had come to enjoy. This familiar tale of decline in America's industrial heartland is only part of the story, however. In response to downsizing and job loss at Sparrows Point, many women entered the workforce to fulfill the needs of their families living in the adjacent communities of Turners Station and Dundalk. Wives of Steel tells the story of these women who broke traditional gender roles and, in the process, contributed to the economic survival of their communities.

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