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Mechanical engineers Diane Peters and Anne Lucietto compare the different types of engineering careers. Lucietto and Peters have both served as president of the Chicago Regional Section of the Society of Women Engineers and Lucietto continues to chair committees at the national level.

This recording is Clip 2 of 3. Click on the "Lucietto / Peters Interview" link above to find all clips from the interview. Click on the "2007 StoryCorps Interviews" link above to find all audio recordings from the interviews.

This oral history interview was recorded October 26, 2007 at the Society of Women Engineers WE07 National Conference in Nashville, TN as part of StoryCorps (www.storycorps.net), a nationwide initiative of Sound Portraits Productions to record and collect oral history interviews. This excerpt was selected and produced by the SWE Archivist. Audio excerpts may be used for research and educational purposes only.

Anne Lucietto and Diane Peters discuss their involvement in the Chicago Regional Section of the Society of Women Engineers and in the national organization. Lucietto and Peters have both served as president of the Chicago Regional Section of the Society of Women Engineers and Lucietto continues to chair committees at the national level.

This recording is Clip 3 of 3. Click on the "Lucietto / Peters Interview" link above to find all clips from the interview. Click on the "2007 StoryCorps Interviews" link above to find all audio recordings from the interviews.

This oral history interview was recorded October 26, 2007 at the Society of Women Engineers WE07 National Conference in Nashville, TN as part of StoryCorps (www.storycorps.net), a nationwide initiative of Sound Portraits Productions to record and collect oral history interviews. This excerpt was selected and produced by the SWE Archivist. Audio excerpts may be used for research and educational purposes only.

In the fall of 1983 Professor James Moore recorded an oral history interview with Shelton Tappes and Catherine "Babe" Gelles, both early organizers for the United Auto Workers Union (UAW). Taped in Tappes’ Detroit home, the interviewees gave firsthand account of 1937's "Battle of the Overpass," a brutal response by members of the Ford Service Department to the UAW organizing effort against Ford Motor Company. The interview lends offers two different vantage points: Gelles’, as that of a member of the UAW's Women's Auxiliary, and Tappes’ as that of a Ford Employee and early Black organizer. Their testimony includes description of brutal assaults on organizers that occurred at the hands of Ford Servicemen, including Walter Reuther, Richard Frankensteen, and Gelles herself; demonstrated anti-union bias by the Dearborn Police Department; description of triage set up in the union hall to attend to the wounded; and UAW organizing efforts that followed the event. The interview was recorded for use in Mass Producing Fords, a documentary for the United Kingdom’s Open University.

Courtesy: James Moore Audio Recordings.

Please note: Due to the personal nature of oral history, the Library prohibits use of the material in any way that infringes on individual right to privacy, or results in libelous statements or slander, in accordance with U.S. law.

Denise Griffin, an electrical engineer and past president of the Society of Women Engineers Boston Section, discusses her decision to become a stay-at-home mother after her company began downsizing during her maternity leave. She explains the role SWE has played in maintaining her professional identity while being out of the workforce.

This oral history interview was recorded October 16, 2009 at the Society of Women Engineers WE09 National Conference in Long Beach, California, as part of the SWE Grassroots Oral History Project. The interviewer is Troy Eller. This excerpt was selected and produced by the SWE Archivist. The excerpt may have been edited for length, however the intent of the interviewee's words remain the same. Audio excerpts may be used for research and educational purposes only.

Denise Griffin describes her experiences as an electrical engineering student at Tufts University, such as joining the Society of Women Engineers to make female friends and learn more about what she could do in her career. Griffin is an electrical engineer and past president of the SWE Boston Section.

This oral history interview was recorded October 16, 2009 at the Society of Women Engineers WE09 Annual Conference in Long Beach, California, as part of the SWE Grassroots Oral History Project. The interviewer is Troy Eller. This excerpt was selected and produced by the SWE Archivist. The excerpt may have been edited for length, however the intent of the interviewee's words remain the same. Audio excerpts may be used for research and educational purposes only.