Working Women of Waldo County: Today

DateApril 30 1979

Viewing NotesNHF cataloguer's notes, 11/94: Some scenes shared with other two parts of series, 'Her Story' and 'Our Heritage.' Women discuss their lives and work. Emphasis on modern work, factories, sardine industry, shoe industry. Single mother of four in factory. Woman in shoe factory who has disabled husband. Woman doing assembly line factory jobs. Woman says she works for 'things she wouldn't normally be able to buy, like clothes and good food.' Low wages. Unions don't help women. Inequality of women in the workplace. Woman discusses working at Stinson's sardine factory. Pace: 300 cans per hour, 3000 fish to cut and pack. Credits at end.

OtherCredits: Working Women of Waldo County ; Working Women of Waldo County was made possible by a grant from the Maine Council for the Humanities and Public Policy and the support of The Waldo County Committee for Social Action ; The song Working Women of Waldo County was written and sung by Sharon Dyer ; Chansonetta Stanley Emmon photos from the collection of Marious B. Peladeau and Samuel C. Pennington ; Camera: Nancy Cain, Elinor Goldberg, Bart Friedman, Karen Saum, Susan Caust Farrell, Janet Munroe, Jane Heald ; Edited by Karen Saum, Elinor Goldberg ; Technical Assistance from Dudley Merritt ; Special Thanks to Della Gross, The Working Women and Managements of: Truitt Bros., Inc., Tibbetts Industries, Inc., Van Baalen Pacific Corp. Maplewood Poultry Co., Stinson Canning Co., State Cable TV, Augusta ; Painting of Belfast Harbor by Yvonne Jacquette ; Produced in Association with The University of Maine at Augusta Dept. of Telecommunications ; Project Design Consultant Ben Levine University of Maine at Augusta ; Produced and Directed by Karen Saum ; With Advice and Assistance from Nancy Cain Media Bus, Lanesville, NY, Bart Friedman Media Bus, Lanesville, NY