Mon Valley Media
Mon Valley Media is a nonprofit organization committed to documenting the culture and history of women, working people and people of color in Western Pennsylvania; bringing knowledge of this history and culture to the schools, community groups, and public and alternative media. Projects undertaken by Mon Valley Media are meant to provide positive portraits of real, working people and their unions. (07/09)
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Women of Steel
A film by Mon Valley Media, 1984, 28 min, Color
For women who entered the nation's steel mills in the 1970s, the mill was a ticket out of traditionally low-paying "women's jobs" and in some cases, out of poverty. But any gains for women were short lived. WOMEN OF STEEL looks at a turning point in the history of American industry and the disastrous effects…
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