America‘s Working Women A Documentary History 1600 to the Present. Boston: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995.
Caiazza, Amy, and April Shaw. “The Status of Women in Iowa, 2004: Highlights.” Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Nov. 2004. 11 Nov. 2008 <http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/IA_R315.pdf>.
Clair, Christopher. “Profiles – Dale Stille – fyi – April 6, 2009 -.” The University of Iowa. 6 Apr. 2009. 7 Apr. 2009 <http://www.uiowa.edu/~fyi/issues/issues2008_v45/04062009/profiles.html>.
This brief profile was not used in its entirety, but recommended by interviewee and primary subject Mary Hall Reno for discussion of how the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy outreach to middle and high school students curious about physics.
DeWitte, David. “Apprentice program based at Kirkwood.” Cedar Rapids Gazette Jan. 2008.
This article written by the Cedar Rapids Gazette provided explanation to the apprentice program instituted by the Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors of Iowa through Kirkwood Community College, a program that BeaDay Plumber Heather Grout is taking part in.
Eisenberg, Susan. We’ll Call You If We Need You Experiences of Women Working Construction (ILR Press Books). New York: Cornell UP, 1999.
This book provided a blueprint for interviewing women in the construction trades. Though the interviews were solely about their work and salaries, there was research and introductions by Eisenberg about the Carter administration’s initiation of program to increase women in the trades, which provided historical context to my BeaDay article.
Evans, Sara M. Tidal Wave How Women Changed America at Century’s End. New York: Free P, 2003.
This book was not an essential book in my research because the content was focused more broadly on women’s advancement throughout history, with only brief chapters on the women’s working world. It was an enjoyable work and did provide hints for areas to research in the context of Iowa.
“Fire Department – History.” City of Iowa City – Official Website. 5 Mar. 2009 <http://www.icgov.org/default/?id=1827>.
The history of Iowa City’s fire department was also told through Ken Brown, but these articles provided exact dates and forward-track storytelling of how it started to where it is today.
“First Woman Master Plumber, Lillian A. Baumbach.” Baumbach Plumber Plumbing and Family History Arlington, Fairfax, Manassas VA. Ed. William J. Baumbach II. 3 Mar. 2009 <http://www.baumbach.com/History/lillian.htm>.
This information and the newspaper article transcriptions within are found on the Baumbach family website. According to the articles, Baumbach became a local celebrity with her plumbing work and as an acting pen-pal with Korean War soldiers.
Floren, Terese M. “History of Women in Firefighting.” International Association of Women in Fire & Emergency Services. 3 Mar. 2009 <http://www.i-women.org/history_women_firefighting.php>.
This article provided a more illustrative and complete version of women in fire services, including the information I used in my firefighter profile following the first recorded woman and briefly and quickly through World War II’s surge of women in fire services.
Gottlieb, David. “Career Climb Slow for Female Firefighters.” Women’s eNews | News for Women | Resources for Journalists. 25 Mar. 2004. 5 Mar. 2009 <http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1761/context/archive>.
This article provided facts about women in fire services at the national level, including the total number of women (estimated, according to date) and the background history of women in the industry.
Hagedorn, Jane. Www.beaday.com. 7 Nov. 2008 <http://www.beaday.com>.
Jane Hagedorn’s “About Us” section of the BeaDay website gave precise dates and information about the transition from an everyday plumbing company to a remodeling-only business. Used primarily for fact checking of dates and other minute information.
Hall Reno, Mary. “The Problem with Low Statistics.” CSWP Gazette 27 (2008): 3-10.
This essay, written by profile subject Mary Hall Reno, provided insight and illustration to the advocacy for women in physics that Reno devotes much of her time on the Council for the Status of Women in Physics. This essay was also a source of statistics provided by Reno.
Iowa Gender Wage Equity Study. Rep. Iowa Workforce Development, 2008. 1-13.
This document provided a well-rounded look at Iowa’s gender differences in work and wages, while also providing the statistical differences between the number of men and women in various fields on an Iowa-only context. Of my sources, probably the most valued and used.
Ivie, Rachel, and Kim Nies Ray. “Physics and Astronomy Senior Report: Class of 2001.” The American Institute of Physics — Physics Publications and Resources. 2 Feb. 2009 <http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/women05/women05.htm>.
Ivie, Rachel, Rioman Czujko, and Katie Stowe. “Women Physicists Speak: The 2001 International Study of Women in Physics.” The American Institute of Physics — Physics Publications and Resources. 2 Feb. 2008 <http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/women/iupap.htm>.
Kerber, Linda, and Jane Sherron De Hart. Women’s America refocusing the past. New York: Oxford UP, 2004.
This book is solely about women’ s history but short chapters are devoted to women and work, and their rights in the workplace. These chapters were especially helpful for the information they divulged – often about how the women were treated – which helped me shape my articles.
Kessler-Harris, Alice. In Pursuit of Equity Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in 20th-Century America. New York: Oxford UP, USA, 2002.
This is another book that was not an anchor source for my project but gave insight into the economic injustices done to women through America’s history. It was not sourced in my work, but served as an interesting read and introduction to women and work.
Kessler-Harris, Alice. Out to work a history of wage-earning women in the United States. Oxford, Eng: Oxford UP, 2003.
Kessler-Harris, an expert in women’s history and frequent author on the topics, provides a detailed history of women, work and wages throughout the United States. Because so much of the book was focused on the transitions of decades and eras in our country; and such examples as factory work and differences in women and race, it provided only small clues to the history on the topic of my project.
Padavic, Irene, and Barbara Reskin. Women and Men at Work. New York: Pine Forge P, 2002.
This book, one of the few written studies about women and men’s difference in the workplace, was a successful introduction into the type of ideas I wanted to cover like discrimination and differences between gender and not just sex. This book was extremely helpful in how to introduce statistics and fact into my work.
A Profile of Iowa’s Fire Service. Rep. Oct. 1996. 4 Mar. 2009 <http://www.dps.state.ia.us/fm/fstb/PDFs/report1.pdf>.
Though this survey was not used or referenced in my firefighter profile
Status of Iowa Women Report; Women and Economics. Rep. Des Moines: Iowa Commission on the Status of Women, 2006. 27-69.
Whitman, Sylvia. “Not for Men Only.” Career World 1990: 19-23.
This fairly old article from a 1990 Career World looks at careers that, at the time, were considered nontraditional like pilots and postal workers. This article was one of the first I found during my database search on the topic, but found facts such as the rise in women engineers but still low percentages to be interesting; and that degrees do not always guarantee top positions for women as good foundations for my interest in the profiles I would attempt.
Women and Nontraditional Work. Rep. 3 Mar. 2009 <http://www.wowonline.org/pdf/womennontradsheet2005.pdf>.
Women in Iowa: 2008. Rep. 2008. 10 Mar. 2009 <http://www.women.iowa.gov/about_women/docs/WomensHistoryMonth2008.pdf>.
“Women in Selected Fields.” The American Institute of Physics — Physics Publications and Resources. Mar. 2007. 12 Dec. 2008 <http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/spring07a.pdf>.
“Women in the Labor Force: A Databook.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 6 Dec. 2008 <http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook-2005.pdf>.
This detailed look at women and work, women’s history and statistics provided context for comparisons between working women in Iowa and working women on a national scale.
Women, Work and the Iowa Economy. Rep. Sept. 2008. 9 Nov. 2008 <http://www.iowapolicyproject.org/2008docs/080909-SWI-Women.pdf>.
This report from 2001 examines the work environment of Iowans, with emphasis on gender-wage gaps and obstacles for women in work. Similar to the Iowa Policy Project and the Iowa Workforce Development surveys, this report also discusses important issues such as health insurance, families and couple finances and representation in certain fields, which is the core reason I used this report.
