Centered around University of Wisconson, Madison. They're looking for more interviews with women who've worked in any science.
I'm looking for anything having to do with oral history and General Electric (both of my grandparents worked for GE.)
The last section of this article, Role Models Needed, (scroll down to "The Broader View") discusses the first and only woman president of ASME, Nancy Fitzroy, describing her experiences at GE (She knew my grandmother there).
"GE finally realized that I was doing the same work," she said, "and that I should be called an engineer." The title didn't end her barriers. "Once when I was up for a raise, my boss was forced to find out how much money my husband was making," she said. "They wouldn't let me make more than my husband. It was the paternalistic tenor of the time—the 1960s—but it was something like 'little girl, it's just not a good idea to make more than your husband.' "
Recent Comments