SHAW 2012: "Men's Work"
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“Men’s Work”
The Temporary Women of the Quincy Mining Company Office
Renée M. Blackburn * Massachusetts Institute of Technology * 14 March 2012
Organization
The Office The Mining Landscape The “New” Office Gender in the Office Quincy Mining
Company The Copper Country The QMC Office Conclusions Mine Captains at the Calumet and Hecla
Mining Company mine office, ca. 1910s
The Early 20th c.
Office
Man and woman in office, ca. 1902
Photo courtesy http://www.officemuseum.com
The Mining Landscape
Photo courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives
The Quincy Mining Company landscape from the No. 2 Shaft-Rockhouse, ca. 1918
The Mine Office
Man reclining in chair at desk, ca. 1900
Two men in the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company mine office, ca. 1900
Photo courtesy http://www.officemuseum.com
Ca. 1920s office, gendered separation of work
The “New” Office
Accounting and stenographic department, ca. 1903
Photo courtesy http://www.officemuseum.com
81%
19%
1900Male Female
75%
25%
1910MaleFemale
67%
33%
1920Male Female
64%
36%
1930MaleFemale
Gender Composition of the Workforce,
1900-1930
Albrecht, Donald and Chrysanthe Broikos. 2000. On the Job: Design and the American Office. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
1890 1900 1910 19200200400600800
1000120014001600
Office Staff by Decade
MaleFemale
Num
ber
of W
orke
rsMale v. Female Clerical Workers
Kwolek-Folland, Angel. 1994. Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1870-1930. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
1890 1900 1910 19200100200300400500600
Office Staff by Decade
MaleFemale
Num
ber
of W
orke
rs
Male v. Female Stenographers &
Typists
Kwolek-Folland, Angel. 1994. Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1870-1930. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Men and Women
in the Office
Photo courtesy http://www.officemuseum.com
Man and moman with dictaphone in different office settings, ca. 1905
The “Feminized”
Office
Female staff of Sears Roebuck Co. order department, ca. 1913
Photo courtesy http://www.officemuseum.com
Photo courtesy http://www.officemuseum.com
Courthouse filing room, ca. 1910
Quincy Mining
Company
Photo courtesy http://www.myonlinemaps.com
The Copper Country
Photo courtesy http://www.coppercountrytrail.org
The QMC Office
Photo courtesy Michigan Technological University Archives
“Take it all together and it is one of the most complete office buildings in the Upper Peninsula” – Portage Lake Mining Gazette, 1 January, 1897
Office Job Titles at
QMCMale
Efficiency Engineer Clerk Time Keeper
Female Stenographer/Typist Telephone Operator Clerk
Photo courtesy Keweenaw National Historical Park (KNHP) Photo courtesy http://www.officemuseum.com
Inside the Office
Interior of QMC mine office, 2nd floor engineer’s office, ca. 1915
QMC miners and management, with one lone woman, ca. 1900-1905