Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...else? Take me--I'm the lowest-paid guy in Bristol, and I know I could get more, but I'm too stupid even to ask for a raise. They mail you their offer, and even though most of the guys hold out for a while, I always send mine back right away. You don't want to hold on to it too long, because you don't want to be labelled a troublemaker, an 'attitude problem.' But on the other hand...you want them to know you have confidence in your ability...
...work in a mine [Dec. 15] that employs approximately 40 women underground. The women are expected to do the same work as men, and if they cannot they are dismissed...
...work on a form crew. We build forms for concrete and tear them down. Some women work on mine crews that chill and blast, and some are mechanics and welders. We also shovel...
...northern neighbors. Last month some 20,000 women marched through downtown Rome, urging abortion on demand and chanting: "The womb is mine/ and I'll manage it fine!" A compromise bill is likely to be enacted, permitting abortion in the first 90 days of pregnancy if a doctor approves...
...stalled construction for the winter, more than 3,000 women were working on the Alaska pipeline as craftsmen, clerks, cooks. Adele Bacon, 22, for a time was an apprentice pipefitter on the line. "The men watched their language when I was around," she admitted, "so I had to watch mine." At Prudhoe Bay, petite Kathleen Gotten, 26, was a warehouse checker. Among her duties: helping to get 17,000-lb. sections of pipe moving on rollers as they were being cleaned. The women on the pipeline, although their bedrooms are sometimes side by side with the men's, encountered...