853 research outputs found
Oral history interview with Fran Chessler
No full textTranscript, 52 pp.Fran Chessler attended the University of Michigan as a General Motors Scholar, majoring in mathematics and psychology and graduating in 1970. She went to work at Bell Labs Naperville, working on assembly-language programming to collect call data for 1ESS. She discusses the gender biases in the STA and MTS hiring grades. Promoted to MTS she did a master’s at Northwestern University. She discusses affirmative action and the distinct culture of Bell Labs Indian Hill/Naperville. In part owing to connections from the Men and Women in the Work Environment workshops, she moved to the computer center department doing systems programming on IBM computers. She describes an effective management style by her supervisor, Dana Dunn. She moved into a department chief position at Western Electric’s network system division, and compares affirmative action there to Bell Labs. In the mid-1980s she experienced unsettled times in AT&T computer systems, then returned to Bell Labs (all in Chicago) as a supervisor. In moving to the business side as senior product manager, she completed an executive MBA at Northwestern University; and retired from AT&T in 2001.
This material is based on work funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award B2014-07 “Tripling Women’s Participation in Computing (1965-1985).”Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award B2014-07 “Tripling Women’s Participation in Computing (1965-1985).”Chessler, Fran. (2016). Oral history interview with Fran Chessler. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/188515
Oral history interview with Helen Ann Bauer, Fran Chessler, Mary R. Feay, Mary Holt, Joyce Malleck, and Anita B. Marsh
No full textTranscript, 98 pp.This interview — with Helen Bauer, Fran Chessler, Mary Feay, Mary Holt, Joyce Malleck, and Anita Marsh — took place during a two-hour luncheon. The interview does not have a biographical or career narrative, and is only loosely chronological. The interviewer posed periodic questions but the interview is mostly the stories, anecdotes, and observations of these six women. The topics include dress codes and AT&T corporate culture; early job experiences and attraction to programming and computing; women in leadership positions at Bell Labs; affirmative action committees and workshops; interactions with the wider 1970s women’s movement; personal experiences with child care; the impact of the Urban Minorities Workshop; observations about the levels of women in computing today; reflections on the transformation of the women’s movement, and responses to the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president (ten days prior to this interview); comparisons of computing with other professions; and general observations about recent modes of computing including mobile computing and social media.
This material is based on work funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award B2014-07 “Tripling Women’s Participation in Computing (1965-1985).”Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award B2014-07 “Tripling Women’s Participation in Computing (1965-1985).”Bauer, Helen Ann; Chessler, Fran; Feay, Mary R.; Holt, Mary; Malleck, Joyce; Marsh, Anita B.. (2016). Oral history interview with Helen Ann Bauer, Fran Chessler, Mary R. Feay, Mary Holt, Joyce Malleck, and Anita B. Marsh. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/188571
Fran Gordon, 23rd Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textFran Gordon, director of The National Arts Club’s PAGE reading series, is the author of Paisley Girl, a novel. She is one of four finalists for Quality Paperback Book Club’s New Voices Award, and has been a visiting writer to the American Academy in Rome. She teaches in the English Department at Rutgers University and in the Writing Program at The New School Universit
Gravitational Energy Control
No full textInternational audienceThis is a set of 68 selected articles published by Dr. Fran De Aquino along 17 years; all of them developed starting from the Relativistic Theory of Quantum Gravity (first article). Together they provide the theoretical foundations for the Technology of Control of the Gravitational Energy. The author is Professor Emeritus of Physics of Maranhao State University, UEMA, and Titular Researcher (R) of National Institute for Space Research, INPE
Sarah Scott and Fran Lever
No full textInscribed on back: \u27Sarah Scott, Director, LWVMS; Fran Lever, Publicity; LWVMS Convention, 5-31-97; BYC Bioxi\u27https://egrove.olemiss.edu/lwv_photo/1002/thumbnail.jp
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[Portrait of Fran Vick]
No full textPhotograph of Fran Vick for potential use as an author photo in 2007. Vick is sitting down, looking at the camera and smiling
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[Portrait of Fran Vick, 3]
No full textPhotograph of Fran Vick for potential use as an author photo in 2007. Vick is sitting in a rocking chair, facing to the left and looking directly at the camera. She is smiling slightly. Both of her hands are resting on the left arm of the chair. A shelf full of books can be seen in the background behind her
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[Portrait of Fran Vick, 2]
No full textPhotograph of Fran Vick for potential use as an author photo in 2007. Vick is sitting in a rocking chair, facing to the left of the camera and smiling. She is resting both hands on the left arm of the chair. A shelf full of books can be seen in the background behind her
Stainless steel in Sweden : antidumping attacks, good international citizenship
No full textThis report analyzes the economics, legal, and business logic of the United States, Sweden, and the European Community regarding the stainless steel industry. Trade policies and legal cases are analyzed and presented to support the author's conclusion that good economics, international competitiveness, private ownership, and limited support from a government that demonstrates good international citizenship are not enough to defend an industry against the application of antidumping or other import-restricting policy.Water and Industry,Roads&Highways,Primary Metals,Banks&Banking Reform,Mining&Extractive Industry (Non-Energy)
Native bees
No full textprepared for the Oregon Forest Resources Institute by: Jon Cox (Cafferata Consulting), Fran Cafferata (Cafferata Consulting), Julie Woodward (Oregon Forest Resources Institute).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-19).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
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