Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hB4C3Lm00623; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 07:03:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 07:03:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5A5D1ED2-2651-11D8-B73B-000393ABE4D2@litwomen.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2799] Fwd: Women and Work X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2367 Lines: 68 Thought this might be of interest to folks on this list. This came from a women's studies list I'm on. Mev Begin forwarded message: > From: Jocelyn Riley <Herownword@AOL.COM> > Date: Wed Dec 3, 2003 12:00:25 PM US/Eastern > To: WMST-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Subject: Re: Women and Work > Reply-To: "Women's Studies List" <WMST-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> > > The series of 12 short videos in the Women in Nontraditional Careers > series > feature women workers speaking directly to the audience, in their own > words and > in their own voices. They present a wide variety of viewpoints, from > firefighters and police officers to welders, machinists, and engineers. > > The newest video, Writing at Work, focuses on women using their writing > skills on the job. Nineteen women (including engineers, water-quality > supervisor, > police officers, firefighter, dentist, highway construction inspector, > and > others) all use writing and communicating daily as part of their jobs. > As one > engineer puts it, "If I can't explain my ideas, I may as well not have > them." "You > have to be able to present well, you have to be able to write well, or > you're > just someone sitting in the corner at a computer desk," says another > engineer. "The ability to communicate with people is absolutely the > most critical part > of the job," says a police detective, who adds that a poorly written > police > report can keep a case from going to trial because the district > attorney will > know that it won't support the case adequately. A firefighter points > out that > when she inspects buildings, the report she writes is mailed out > directly to > the building's owner. "So it helps to be able to write and to spell," > she says. > > Jocelyn Riley > Her Own Words Videos > Women in Nontraditional Careers > PO Box 5264 > Madison WI 53705-0264 > 608-271-7083 > NontraditionalCareers.com website > herownword@aol.com email address > > Math at Work: Women in Nontraditional Careers > Women in Building Construction > Women in Dentistry > Women in Engineering > Women in Firefighting > Women in Highway Construction > Women in Machining > Women in Nontraditional Careers: An Introduction > Women in Policing > Women in Welding > Work Talk: Women in Nontraditional Careers in Their Own Words > Writing at Work: Women in Nontraditional Careers in Their Own Words >
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