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Labor Exhibit Additional Resources
Iron and Steel Hall of Fame — Online Exhibit
Rolling, Coatesville, and the World's Largest Plate Mill — Online Exhibit
100 Years of Rolling on the 206" Rolling Mill — 2018 Lecture
Iron Valley: The Transformation of the Iron Industry in Ohio's Mahoning Valley — 2018 Lecture
Bridges, and How They Are Made — 2017 Lecture
World War II Steel Production - Building a Legacy — 2017 Video
The History of Dowlin Forge — 2016 Lecture
Pennsylvania Iron & Steel: 300 Years of Industrial Might — Online Exhibit
300 Years Iron & Steelmaking in Pennsylvania — 2016 Lecture
200 Years of Rolling Along the Brandywine — 2010 Lecture
Iron and Steel Making — 2009 Video
Steel Plate Making — 2009 Video
Utopia For Workers: Housing and Planned Industrial Communities — 2019 Lecture
Steel Worker Panel — 2019 Panel Discussion
Coatesville Steel: The Black Experience — 2017 Panel Discussion
Coatesville Steel: The Women's Experience — 2017 Panel Discussion
Life at Lukens — 2011 Panel Discussion
The Lukens Athletic Association — 2011 Lecture
Carver Court — 2020 Panel Discussion
Steel Worker Panel — 2019 Panel Discussion
Coatesville Steel: The Black Experience — 2017 Panel Discussion
Constructing Liberty — 2016 Lecture
Goodman vs. Lukens Steel Co., 30 Years Later — 2014 Lecture
Fighting for Freedom — 2012 Lecture
People In Iron & Steel:
Rebecca Lukens Resource Center — Online Exhibit
Life & Times of Rebecca Lukens — 2020 Lecture
Quaker Women and Woman's Rights: A Story of Chester County — 2020 Lecture
Questioning Rebecca Lukens — 2019 Lecture
Early Women of the Pennsylvania Iron Industry — 2018 Lecture
Meet Rebecca Lukens — 2018 Lecture
Coatesville Steel: The Women's Experience — 2017 Panel Discussion
Rebecca Lukens' Birthday Celebration — 2016 Living History Presentation
Rebecca Lukens & Isabella Huston — 2015 Living History Presentation
The Coatesville Ladies Aid Society — 2014 Lecture
Rebecca Lukens As Portrayed bt Susannah Brody — 2014 Living History Presentation
Quaker Women In Chester County— 2013 Lecture
Rebecca Lukens Birthday Celebration — 2012 Living History Presentation
Rebecca Lukens As Portrayed by Susannah Brody — 2011 Living History Presentation
Female Industrialist Rebecca Lukens — 2009 Video
United Steelworkers Union in Coatesville — 2019 Panel Discussion
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Heart and Sweat: Labor in the Steel Industry
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Labor Timeline
Colonial American Iron
Colonial Women
Indentured Servants
Early American Iron
Immigrants
Slaves
Factories
Children
Early Unions
Industrial & Progressive Steel
Industrialization Increases
Industrial American Immigrants
Industrialization Causes Change
Women Face Discrimination
African Americans Face Discrimination
Anti-union Sentiment
Youth and the Workforce
War, Depression, War
Living Conditions
The Great Depression
The Heat! The Noise! My God!
Long Days
World War II
The Furnace Crew
Immigrant Steelworkers
Modern American Steel
Women In The Workforce
Steelmaking Today
Present Day Jobs in a Steel Mill
Computerization
Conclusion
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