Fleeting Opportunities - Women Shipyard Workers in Portland and Vancouver During World War II and Reconversion

This book tells the story of the daily lives of women industrial workers in World War II shipyards. It focuses on their struggle against the persistence of occupational segregation, the sexual and racial hierarchy of the shipyard work force, and the pervasive emphasis on female sexuality which served as a constant reminder that women were transient and marginal imposters.
In addition, Fleeting Opportunities demonstrates that despite the myth that these women yearned to return to their kitchens, in fact many wanted to continue using their wartime skills in the postwar period. However, finding themselves excluded from jobs by union and management, those who continued to work ended up in low-paying, predominantly female occupations.

About the author

Amy Kesselman is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Kesselman
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.1990
• EAN: 9780791401743
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0174-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Suny Series in Buddhist Studie; Suny Series in Buddhist Studie; Suny American Labor History
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics