[Betty McNary discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Betty talks about her Russian-Jewish ancestry, leaving home in Toronto at 16 to avoid cultural obligations, and coming to the U.S. She hired into Fisher in 1946 and again in May 1948. Betty talks about factory life for the few women including lower pay, harder work, community restrooms, and stereoty...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: McNary, Betty (Interviewee), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
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McNary, Betty > Interviews.
McNary, Betty.
McNary, Betty > Family.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Women automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Women labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Sex discrimination in employment > Michigan > Lansing.
Automobile factories > Michigan > Lansing > Management.
Interviews.
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Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (56 min., 52 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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