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Stumpf, Freda

 
9781414010212: Somebody Had To Do It: A Woman's Journey In a Man's World
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ISBN 10: 1414010214 ISBN 13: 9781414010212
Editorial: AuthorHouse, 2003

Sinopsis

Somebody Had To DoIt, and Freda tells of her personal struggle like it was, whether it wasgetting a waterline on her street or getting roughed up by men when she workedin engineering during the early stages of the equal rights movement. After theCivil Rights Act of 1964, men still refused to accept her technical skills, and she was paid less than menwho worked under her control. This book iswritten in five parts and every chapter is a story,. someare illustrated by Freda, another of her abilities. It includes her life as achild in the 1920's, marriage during the Great Depression, and her dynamiccareers working in a man's world. At the age of 70, she joined an EarthwatchExpedition in the South Pacific Islands, where she lived among the natives. Duringa visit to a Tahitian church,the choir director discovered Freda was a great granddaughter of the founder ofthe Martin Guitar, so heintroduced her to Jimmy Buffett who was on the island composing 'One ParticularHarbor.' Buffett gave her a personal,. preview of the song with his Martin Guitar. Freda, now 91, is still actively advocating civil rights.

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Reseña del editor

Somebody Had To DoIt, and Freda tells of her personal struggle like it was, whether it wasgetting a waterline on her street or getting roughed up by men when she workedin engineering during the early stages of the equal rights movement. After theCivil Rights Act of 1964, men still refused to accept her technical skills, and she was paid less than menwho worked under her control. This book iswritten in five parts and every chapter is a story,. someare illustrated by Freda, another of her abilities. It includes her life as achild in the 1920's, marriage during the Great Depression, and her dynamiccareers working in a man's world. At the age of 70, she joined an EarthwatchExpedition in the South Pacific Islands, where she lived among the natives. Duringa visit to a Tahitian church,the choir director discovered Freda was a great granddaughter of the founder ofthe Martin Guitar, so heintroduced her to Jimmy Buffett who was on the island composing 'One ParticularHarbor.' Buffett gave her a personal,. preview of the song with his Martin Guitar. Freda, now 91, is still actively advocating civil rights.

Biografía del autor

Freda RuetenikStumpf was born in Brooklyn Heights near Cleveland,Ohio on April 2, 1912, one of eight children, and a twin. Freda worked in thebuilding industry for many years, first designing her own home while studyingarchitecture, later working for contractors, and then did drafting for a valveengineer. Freda drafted for a civil engineer before taking a position with a precast company where she was a precastjob captain, and finally Freda was known as an expert on the 'skin' ofcommercial buildings. She now lives in Canon City, Colorado, painting with oilsand designing relief maps of the Colorado mountains.

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Editorial
AuthorHouse
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1414010214
ISBN 13 
9781414010212
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
356
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