The underground proving ground: Women and men in an Appalachian Coal Mine

Women Working In The Environment: Resourceful Natures

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 31-48

  Tallichet, Suzanne E ^a  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mining; gender; women; women's nontraditional employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038350187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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