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Railroad Voices
SPECIAL ORDER/ by Linda Niemann/ Publisher: Stanford University Press/ Hardcover 1998 / The 58 photographs tell the insider's view of a world few people see. Linda Niemann's folklore memoirs along with Lina Bertucci's photographs give a realistic portrayal of railroad life.
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Railway Women - Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace
NEW ARRIVAL - - By H. Wojtczak. Publisher: The Hastings Press. ISBN 1-904-109-047. Hardback, 9 1/2 x 6 3/4. 384 pages, 125 photographs. Traces the history of British railwaywomen from 1830 to 2005 in uniformed, clerical and workshop roles, and in catering, hotels, shipping and railway police. ** Price includes FREE airmail shipping. 2-3 weeks for delivery.
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Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes
by Ted Conover / Publisher: Vintage Books / ISBN: 0-375-72786-8 / Paperback / Conover took five dollars and bought some thrift store clothes, then took the next year off and road the rails as a hobo in order to understand this peculiar way of life.
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Rosie the Riveter - A Mouthful of Rivets: Women and Work in World War II
by Nancy Baker Wise, Christie Wise /
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers /
ISBN: 1-55542-703-0 / used Hardback 1994 /OUT-OF-PRINT/ COLLECTIBLE / A human story of the war at home. Women of grit and adventure overcame discrimination, harassment and dangerous working conditions, plus homesickness as they took up the positions left by men
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Rosie the Riveter - Women Working on the Home Front in WWII
by Penny Colman / Publisher: Crown Publisher / ISBN: 0-517-88567-0 / Paperback 1998 / 18 million women, many of whom had never before held a job, entered the work force in 1942-45 to help the United States fight World War II.
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Rosie the Riveter Revisted: Women, The War and Social Change
by Sherna Berger Gluck / Publisher: Meridan Penguin Group / ISBN: 0-452-01024-1 /used Paperback 1988 /OUT-OF-PRINT / COLLECTIBLE / The stories of ten women are presented in this book which was an outgrowth of an oral history project. This book tells the experiences of black, latina and white women as they entered and worked in World War II defense plants.
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Santa Fe Trail Activity Book, The: Projects for Children and Parents
by Walter D. Yoder/ Publisher: Sunstone Press / ISBN: 0-86-5342172/ Paperback 1994 / Ages 9-12 / Children learn about the Overland Trail that crossed the vast prairies between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Independence Missouri. 40 pages of games, puzzles, identification activities, word searches, and art activities for children and parents.
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Santa Fe-The Chief Way
by Robert Strein/ Publisher: New Mexico Magazine/ ISBN:0-93-7206717/ Hardcover 2002 / A fresh and nostalgic look at the streamliners of the Santa Fe Railroad from the 1930's to the 1970's.
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She's Been Working on the Railroad
by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Photos - Shirley Burman / Publisher: Lodestar Books / ISBN: 0-525-67545-0 / Hardback 1997 / OUT-OF-PRINT/ COLLECTIBLE / This book is perfect for both adults and children wanting to learn about the various positions held by women in the railroad industry. From telegraph operators, to pipe fitters and of course Harvey Girls,they are all in here.
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Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Box Car Bertha
by Bertha Thompson as told to Ben L. Reitman/ Publisher: AK Press / ISBN:
1-90-2593030/ Paperback 2002 / 4th printing, 1st Nabat Edition, originally published as 'Boxcar Bertha'/ Boxcar Bertha was not a real person but a combination of three or four actual women. All these women were homeless and this is their story of pimps, murders, hobo jungles and IWW meeting halls. (See 'Boxcar Bertha')
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