Headwaters: Women Miners Conference, Program

Identifier

000010740

Alt Identifier

105

Asset Type

-NONE-

Description (Sponsored by the Coal Employment Project, this video documents the 6th Annual Conference of Women Miners held in Charleston, West Virginia. Over one hundred women gathered from 13 states to discuss maters of racial and sexual discrimination, maternity/paternity leave and acid rain. Includes interviews with women coal miners and a keynote speech by Cecil Roberts, International Vice President of the United Mine Workers of America.)

Sponsored by the Coal Employment Project, this video documents the 6th Annual Conference of Women Miners held in Charleston, West Virginia. Over one hundred women gathered from 13 states to discuss maters of racial and sexual discrimination, maternity/paternity leave and acid rain. Includes interviews with women coal miners and a keynote speech by Cecil Roberts, International Vice President of the United Mine Workers of America.

Duration

0:28:30;Yes

Media Type

Moving Image

Physical Format

3/4 inch videotape: U-matic

Generation:

Master: broadcast

Generation - General

Master

Container

Item

Color

-NONE-

Access Restrictions

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Related Collection

Early Headwaters Television collection, 1980-1984

Related Work

Women Miners' Conference (is element of)

Related Place

Charleston, WV