Women -- Employment -- Oregon -- Portland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Northwest Women's History Project records and interviews
Collection
Identifier: Coll 883
Abstract
Records of the Northwest Women's History Project, primarily concerning its interviews with women who worked in shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, during World War II, and audio recordings of the interviews. The Northwest Women's History Project was founded in 1978, and in the early 1980s made a presentation based on interviews with women who had been shipyard workers in World War II, titled, "Good Work, Sister!"
Dates:
1943-2021; Majority of material found within 1978-1981
Karen Beck Skold dissertation papers and interviews
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1803
Abstract
Research materials gathered by Karen Beck Skold, a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Oregon, for her 1981 dissertation, "Women Workers and Child Care in World War II: A Case Study of the Portland Shipyards." Collection includes reports, newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and minutes, primarily concerning day care and children's services in Portland, Oregon, and women workers in the Portland shipyards. Also included are audio recordings of interviews Skold conducted with...
Dates:
1941-1980
Jean Young papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss1863
Abstract
Jean Young (1904-1992) served on the the King City, Oregon, city council and as mayor of King City. She also was vice-chairwoman of the Multnomah County Republican Party Central Committee and was a delegate to eight Republic national conventions. She was appointed to the Oregon State Wage and Hour Commission in 1947. Collection includes miscellaneous papers relating to Young's career in politics and the Republican Party in Oregon; legislation; correspondence; 1960 Oregon Census; papers...
Dates:
1941-1976