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Title: Daughters of the mountain: women coal miners in central Appalachia

Book ·
OSTI ID:20885751
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  1. Morehead State University in Kentucky, KY (United States). Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology

The book introduces us to a cohort of women miners at a large underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, where women entered the workforce in the late 1970s after mining jobs began opening up for women throughout the Appalachian coalfields. The work goes beyond anecdotal evidence to provide complex and penetrating analyses of qualitative data. Based on in-depth interviews with including social relations among men and women, professional advancement, and union participation. She also explores the ways in which women adapt to mining culture, developing strategies for both resistance and accommodation to an overwhelmingly male-dominated world. 1 app.

OSTI ID:
20885751
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Rural Studies Series
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English