Tools of Our Own (WisCon 31 panel)
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40 Tools Of Our Own: Women And Hands-on Work
Politics, Race, Class, and Religion•Senate B• Friday, 10:15-11:30 p.m.
Hands-on work (often blue-collar) can carry different assumptions than what we find in an office. Money, relationships, prestige, injuries, jail time—lots of things can be subtly or strikingly different. Are women ironically better equipped for such jobs? What strategies help reduce the blowback from colleagues and relatives? Do fictional characters ever deal with anything like this?
M: Paula L. Fleming, Anne Harris, Elise Anna Matthesen, Deb Taber