Utica College Professor of History Dr. Kathryn Silva delivers a talk entitled, "Redefining Skilled Mill Labor: Cape Verdean and African American Women in the American Textile Industry, 1900-1930." Silva explains how in a white worker dominated industry, college educated, African American women secured jobs in the textile industry of the North Carolina in predominately black communities. She describes the ability of these women to secure skilled jobs rather than unskilled work, why men were excluded from mill work, and how Cape Verdean ancestry factored in. Silva answers questions from the audience. Silva is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center, as part of the University's Project 60/50. Held at the MSU Museum.
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