Women in Safety: Gender Issues and Challenges over the Years

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• Personal Author:
  Cullen, Elaine T.
• Description:
  More women than ever are entering the fields of occupational safety and health, and while these are exciting opportunities in today's world, women have not always been welcomed in "non-traditional" occupations, especially in "high risk" industries such as mining, oil and gas extraction, construction, firefighting, and many, many others. This presentation will provide a general history of the role women have played in the U.S. workplace over the past one hundred years, including a personal history of the author's experiences in the mining industry. The emphasis on mining is not meant to ignore the experience of women working in other industries, but is used to illustrate the barriers and successes women encounter in the workplace. In any case, with over 40 years experience working in mining, it is what I know and the basis for my work experience. The Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) "100 Women" project and the successes of women working in the fields of safety through the past century will be incorporated. Included will be a discussion of what barriers have been removed, and which still remain, as well as comments and suggestions on how people just coming into occupational safety can create opportunities and make a difference in sending workers home safely for the next one hundred years. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Injury Prevention Miners Mining Industry Safety Engineering Sex Factors Work-environment Worker Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  American Society of Safety Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053957
• Citation:
  Safety 2011: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference, June 12-15, 2011, Chicago, Illinois. Des Plaines, IL: American Society of Safety Engineers, 2011 Jun; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Safety 2011: Proceedings of the 2011 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference, June 12-15, 2011, Chicago, Illinois
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227770/cdc_227770_DS1.pdf
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