https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/1622 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/10127 <p>In 1955, in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau hosted a Conference on the Effective Use of Womanpower. The Department of Labor was worried that the United States was producing too few engineers and scientists as compared to the number produced in the U.S.S.R., and found that the recruitment and training of women in science and engineering fields could help to alleviate the disparity. <span class='read-more'><a href="https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/10127" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></span></p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/10127#comments Cold War Communism Discrimination in employment Subject focus SWE United States. Dept. of Labor Women Women engineers Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:56:55 -0400 teller 10127 at https://reuther.wayne.edu