The Girls are Coming by Peggie Carlson
In 1974, lured by good wages, a 22-year-old African American college student from suburban Minneapolis started work as a pipefitter trainee for Minnegasco, a Minnesota natural-gas utility. Peggie Samples was one of the first four women hired by the company into non-secretarial jobs after the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. On the job, she and her beautiful blond friend Sonny met men who were hostile, men who were helpful, and men who were simply flummoxed to find girls in their midst. S'long as a guy does his job, one told her, it don't matter ta me if he's a gal.This memoir is the sometimes hilarious story of how they learned to work together--and what they all learned about stereotypes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780873513760 |
| ISBN 10 | 0873513762 |
| Title | The Girls are Coming |
| Author | Peggie Carlson |
| Series | Midwest Reflections |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 1999-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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