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Ann Jochems spent a number of years pounding nails on historic preservation projects. This was just one of the ways she went about gaining the skills of her craft. Once she had five years of experience, she applied for a city civil service job. She became the first, and for many years, the only, female carpenter to work for the Board of Education (BOE) in New York City.
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Ann Jochems, “A History of Nontraditional Employment for Women (New), The First Years, 1978–1992” (New York: Master’s Thesis, Baruch College, The City University of New York, School of Public Affairs, 2003).
Anita Hill, Speaking Truth to Power (NewYork: Doubleday, 1997). SenatorAlan Cranston of California summed up the dismissive assessment of [Anita Hill’s] claims: “I am appalled at statements being made that these are not serious charges because they involve verbal, not physical, abuse. I am appalled at the stunning admissions of a lack of sensitivity to the problem of sexual harassment. What has a majority of this body been saying to all the women who are subjected to sexual harassment? Who have been, are now, or will be subjected to sexual harassment?,” 140.
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LaTour, J. (2008). Uncivil Service at the Board of Education. In: Sisters in the Brotherhoods. Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230614079_7
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