Women in a Man's World


Women and men in manufacturing, Brewer, 2006

Women and men in manufacturing, Brewer, 2006
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Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine

Mark Andrews, who worked for Eastern from 1982 until it closed, was the color boss and recalled several women who worked in the manufacturing department right up until the mill closed.

He remembered that working in the manufacturing department was difficult and that there were men who could not do the job.

It seems that working in this department was not based on gender but was about an employee’s physical ability.



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