Women Miners' Conference

Work
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Date of Production
1984
Duration
Run time: 0:31:48
Creators
Appalshop, Inc (is producer)
Headwaters (is producer)
Contributors
Carawan, Guy (is musician)
Carawan, Candie (is musician)
Names (Library of Congress)
Jones, Mother, 1837-1930
Topics (Library of Congress)
Labor unions--Strike benefits
Geographical Areas (Library of Congress)
Genre (Library of Congress)
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.