Coalmining Women
- 1982 ----- color ----- 38 min ----- 16mm
- Experiences of women as they enter this traditionally male-dominated field and the problems they encounter in their fight to end sex discrimination in the coalfields are related in interviews at home, at work, in and around mines in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia and Colorado. Explores the historical place of women in the U.S. and European coal mines and the present employment situation in Appalachia and the western coalfields where the economy is dominated by the coal industry.
- Topics: (Industry, Women Studies)
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