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Women in the World of Welding

Audio/Video

Title: Women in the World of Welding
Location: Capital Area Career Center, Springfield, IL
Subject: Clips and Interview with Steve Hoff, Welding Instructor, CACC
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Career Data

http://www.bls.gov/oes/2003/may/oes514122.htm
The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information about job outlook and pay scales around the United States. This page lists data for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators and tenders.

http://www.bls.gov/search/ooh.asp?ct=OOH
An online Occupational Outlook Handbook is available on the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Website at the following link. Either type in the occupation or click on the letter corresponding with the occupation and browse through the list.

General Information

http://www.emuseum.org/virtual_museum/evansville.shipyard/
shipyard.html
One of the first places women were employed as welders was in shipyards during World War II. The following site describes the Evansville, Illinois Shipyard. Picture 28, taken in November of 1942, shows a group of women welders at the shipyard. Picture 29 is of Evelyn Cox, the first female welder at the Evansville Shipyard.

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/text/work14b.html
Although some shipyards, such as the one in Evansville, Illinois, did not employ many African Americans as welders, primarily because of threats of slow-downs by white welders, other shipyards employed African American women as welders. The following site contains a picture of African American women welders building the S.S. George Washington Carver in 1942.

http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/
subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=114
In April of 1942, a U.S. Maritime Commission yard hired females to work in production for the first time. The following site contains pictures and history of women working in Oregon shipyards.

Lesson Plans

http://www.khake.com/page82.html
Lesson Plans and Activities for Construction, Building Trades, Engineering and Welding

http://www.aws.org/
The American Welding Society Website contains information on welding shows, building codes, scholarships and much more.

http://www.educationcoffeehouse.com/voc/welding.htm
This site contains a compendium of information on the history of welding, description and techniques for multiple types of welds, and welding lesson plans including " Creating A Stir," a NASA lesson plan.