July Organization to Watch: Tradeswomen Archives: A growing community-building collection of tradeswomen resources FROM tradeswomen

Tradeswomen Archives is a project that uses innovative approaches for the collection of digital and paper materials to build community resources by and from women who work in non-traditional blue-collar jobs.  In order to document our lives, Tradeswomen Archives has set up an interactive Facebook page and a website  for women to upload their stories and images as well as inviting people to send in traditional hard copy materials. The idea behind the project is that women have made history by breaking into non-traditional jobs and we don't want to lose it!

This is a tool for building the community of women in the trades, in longshore, and other male-dominated blue collar jobs, and a resource for activists, researchers, and teachers. Started by four tradeswomen in 2007, the collection houses  the personal papers of Vivian Price, Jane Templin, Pat Williams, Lynn Shaw, and many photos, interviews, videos, and flyers from tradeswomen and tradeswomen groups.  There are international materials in the collection as well as sources from the US.

Please contact Vivian Price vprice@csudh.edu if you have ideas and comments about building the archives, or if you want to donate to the collection, which is housed at California State University Dominguez Hills.

Tradeswomen Archives http://www.tradeswomenarchives.com
Tradeswomen Archives Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tradeswomen-Archives/182586774318