Wildcat Women

Narratives of Women Breaking Ground in Alaska's Oil and Gas Industry

Carla Williams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2018
University of Alaska Press (Verlag)
978-1-60223-354-6 (ISBN)

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Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn’t deter them. Nor did sneers, harassment, and threats. Wildcat Women is the first book to document the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska’s North Slope. It profiles fourteen women who worked in the fields, telling a little-known history of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. These trailblazers conquered their fears to face hazardous working and living conditions, performing and excelling at “a man’s job in a man’s world.” They faced down challenges on and off the job: they drove buses over ice roads through snowstorms; wrestled with massive pipes; and operated dangerous valves that put their lives literally in their hands; they also fought union hall red tape, challenged discriminatory practices, and fought for equal pay—and sometimes won. The women talk about the roads that brought them to this unusual career, where they often gave up comfort and convenience and felt isolated and alienated. They also tell of the lifelong friendships and sense of family that bonded these unlikely wildcats. The physical and emotional hardship detailed in these stories exemplifies their courage, tenacity, resilience, and leadership, and shows how their fight for recognition and respect benefited woman workers everywhere.

Carla Williams spent most of her career working in the Alaska oil and gas industry in Anchorage and the North Slope.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.09.2018
Verlagsort	Farmington Hills
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-60223-354-3 / 1602233543
ISBN-13	978-1-60223-354-6 / 9781602233546
Zustand	Neuware