Audiotape collection of Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1974-1989
Overview
Research, talks, and interviews with research scientist Jeanne Mager Stellman regarding the Women's Occupational Health Resource Center and the field of occupational health and safety.
Dates
- Creation: 1974-1989
Creator
- Stellman, Jeanne Mager, 1947- (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Unrestricted. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the audiotapes created by Jeanne Mager Stellman is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other audiotapes in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Audiotapes may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
19 audiotapesCollection contains radio interviews with Jeanne Mager Stellman, often on issues of workplace safety, as well as talks given at conferences on related topics specifically pertaining to women. Also included are research interviews conducted by, or on behalf of, Stellman with industrial workers and a long-haul truck driver. Items are listed in chronological order. Format is audiocassette.
BIOGRAPHY
Jeanne Mager Stellman was born in Bensheim, Germany (American Zone), on May 27, 1947. She immigrated to the United States in 1948 and obtained her Certificate of Citizenship in 1951. Stellman holds a B.S. in chemistry from City College of New York (1968) and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from City University of New York (1972). As a research scientist in the field of occupational health and safety, Stellman is known for her work in women's health, gender bias, occupational health management, and the health of veterans. Stellman is also the founder of the Women's Occupational Health Resource Center (WOHRC) and is the author of Work Is Dangerous to Your Health (1973) and Women's Work, Women's Health (1977), in addition to numerous papers and articles. She has taught at several universities (Rutgers University, City College of New York, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University); worked with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (Denver), American Health Foundation (New York), and the International Labour Office of the United Nations (Geneva, Switzerland); developed a core curriculum on reproductive hazards in the workplace; been an editor for several major health and safety journals; and has served in a variety of governmental and non-governmental advisory capacities.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2011-M23
The audiotapes of Jeanne Mager Stellman were given to the Schlesinger Library by Jeanne Mager Stellman in February 2011.
Related Material:
There is related material at the Schlesinger Library; see Papers of Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1971-1990 (MC 657).
Processing Information
Processed: February 2012
By: Melissa Dollman
Genre / Form
Topical
Creator
- Stellman, Jeanne Mager, 1947- (Person)
- Title
- Stellman, Jeanne Mager, 1947- . Audiotape collection of Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1974-1989: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch01373
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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