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Arizona Women Shape History: Arizona Women at Work

February 19 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Learn About:

  • Women’s advancements in the field of journalism
  • Organized labor & women’s struggle for fair wages & working conditions
  • Women’s paid and unpaid work in agriculture
  • Women in sports and best practices in oral history projects

Speakers & Panelists

Melanie Sturgeon, PhD
Sada Reed, PhD, Assistant Professor, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University
Mary Jo West, TV journalist
Linda Williams, TV journalist
Mary Jo Pitzl, newspaper journalist
Elvia Diaz, newspaper journalist
Ellen Williams, Co-Chair, Sisters in the Brotherhood, Carpenters Union
Mary Cook, UA Local 469, Plumbers/Pipefitters
Christine McCafferty, IBEW Local, Electrical Union
Beatriz Topete, Arizona Organizing Director, Unite HERE Local 11
Marisol Garcia, President, Arizona Education Association
Aresta Tsosie-Paddock, Assistant Professor, Department of Indian Studies, University of Arizona
Gloria Cuádraz, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, ASU West

Lunch provided; Tickets are free! Register at Eventbrite

Organizer

  • IBEW 640

Venue

  • IBEW 640
  • 5805 N. 7 ST
    Phoenix, AZ 85007 United States
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