High Voltage Women documents the history of some of the first women to break into the electrical trades.
Seattle City Light (SCL) began training women in 1974, but this was more to meet affirmative action requirements than to change anything in the workplace. What lionesses these women were! What a horror of hideous harassment, blatant discrimination, and legal nightmares they waded through while trying to learn their craft.
Published by Red Letter Press.
ISBN: 978-0-932323-34-7
“Bravo for this vital account of women and people of color struggling to break into the trades, and of their continuing struggle for fairness and justice.”
Michael Honey, Harry Bridges Chair of Labor Studies Emeritus, University of Washington.