[or-roots] Hyster safety

[Roy Blaine]

Women - and kids - worked in the woods early on. I have pictures from, I think, the 1880s of my great grandmother as a girl with her parents and siblings at a logging site somewhere between Lynx Hollow and Silk Creek.
 
Roy Blaine


> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:20:59 -0700> From: dharguess at coastline.edu> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Hyster safety> > Now you got my attention. Although my grandmother could not be> described as a "Macho" woman, she did work in a Lumber camp and that is> where we think she met my grandfather. She was a cook and so was he. I> have tried in vain to find where the camp was but I do have a photo of> it along with the men standing outside and a few really big trees that> had been felled and were ready to be moved. If I could find the right> camp then I might be able to find their marriage record. This would> have been about 1918.> Dale> > -----Original Message-----> From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Leslie> Chapman> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:04 PM> To: or-roots mail list> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Hyster safety> > Well, I was thinking more in modern terms for "Macho" women (now there's> and> oxymoron for you) but in fact I think you will probably find a few> people of> the female persuasion in the mills as far back as the '20's; remember> the> "War Effort"! I guest my best experience with that is my Aunt who was a> "burner" in the shipyards in WW2 and her foreman came to her one day and> said; "Nell, they're going to send me a 'WOMAN' to work for me, WHAT AM> I> GOING TO DO???" Auntie had a good sense of humor and didn't even try to> point out to him how ridiculous that whole conversation sounded. I know> that> women were and still are few and far between in the woods industry, in> no> small part do to people with that same attitude, and of course it is an> industry that doesn't exactly appeal to a lot of women. Some kind of> predjudice against dirt and noise I guess, but I am sure there have> always> been a few around at least since the last "Great War".> > Les> > -----Original Message-----> From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us]On Behalf Of> Kith-n-Kin> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:26 AM> To: 'or-roots mail list'> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Hyster safety> > > "Women mill workers"? Oh, my, and I thought that was something invented> in> the 1970's. <G>> > Tell us more!> > Pat (in Tucson)> > _______________________________________________> or-roots mailing list> or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots> _______________________________________________> or-roots mailing list> or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots
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