Category: Transportation

Copyright/published Year: 1997 by Lodestar

ISBN: 0525675450

Binding: Hardcover

Description: Women's unknown but important contribution working on the ì railroads is explored in this eye-opening account by ì award-winning author Nancy Smiler Levinson. She has written the ì book in collaboration with Shirley Burman, a photographer and ì foremost expert on the subject of women railroad workers. Tracing ì their rise from domestic service jobs in the mid-1830s to ì positions vacated when men went off to fight in two world wars, ì the book shows how women overcame prejudice to take their place ì on the railroad workforce. They have served in all capacities, ì including telegraph operators, architects, yardmasters, welders, ì nurse/attendants, brakemen, locomotive engineers, and even ì company president. Featured are many profiles and interviews of ì these ground-breaking pioneers as well as photographs and ì artifacts from Shirley Burman's extensive collection.

Condition Information

This is a used book and is in Good condition.

Additional condition description

1997. Hardcover. An ex-library copy with some stamps on front, back inside covers, title page. Dust Jacket in a Brodart-style protector. X-ed out scanning sticker on front plastic cover. Text is clean, unmarked.