Coalmining Women materials, c.1982
Sub-Series (ap.afc.05.08)
- Extent
- 48 Film containers
- 67 Audio tapes
- 13 Video cassettes
- 4 Audio cassettes
- 4 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series V. Appalshop Films, 1978-1983 > Coalmining Women materials, c.1982
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Coalmining Women, a 1982 release. The film examines women coal miners, the conditions that lead them to seek employment in a traditionally male-dominated industry, and the problems they encounter once hired. The women are interviewed and are shown bolting mine roofs, shoveling beltlines, hauling rock dust, and performing other underground mining work. Subjects include women coal miners and the social conditions of Appalachian women.