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020 $a0271026855 (clothbound : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aOlson, Karen,$d1943-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005055818
245 10 $aWives of steel :$bvoices of women from the Sparrows Point steelmaking communities /$cKaren Olson.
260 $aUniversity Park, Pa. :$bPennsylvania State University Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $ax, 216 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-212) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tSparrows Point, Turner Station, and Dundalk : the history of the mill's communities -- $g2.$tThe gendered world of steel : it's a man's world inside the Sparrows Point mill -- $g3.$tBoarders and the long turn in a company town : Sparrows Point wives, 1887-1945 -- $g4.$tThe family works the schedule : steelworkers' wives, 1945-1970 -- $g5.$tWomen steelworkers at Sparrows Point : interlopers in a man's world -- $g6.$tDeindustrialization at Sparrows Point : disappearance of the breadwinner/homemaker family, 1970-2000 -- $g7.$tRenegotiating families with two breadwinners : partnership and divorce -- $g8.$tA larger circle of neighbors : deindustrialization and the web of class, race, gender, and location.
520 1 $a"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 shortlived: 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 down-sizing 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 abandoned traditional gender roles and, in the process, contributed to the economic survival of their communities." "Wives of Steel is based on more than eighty formal interviews conducted over a fifteen-year period with women and some men, both white and black, all of whom were part of Sparrows Point as workers, spouses, or longtime residents of the local communities. Through the stories they tell, we see how a male-dominated industry has influenced personal, family, and social experiences over several generations. We also see the distinct differences and surprising similarities among the lives of black and white women, which often reflect the complicated relationships among black and white steelworkers in the plant." "Combining consummate research with vivid firsthand accounts, Wives of Steel tells a story that continues to be played out in communities across America as working-class families are forced to cope with a globalizing economy."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWives$xEffect of husband's employment on$zMaryland$zSparrows Point$xHistory.
650 0 $aIron and steel workers$zMaryland$zSparrows Point$xHistory.
650 0 $aSteel industry and trade$zMaryland$zSparrows Point$xHistory.
650 0 $aWork and family$zMaryland$zSparrows Point$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021392.html
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