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  • December 10, 2020
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Women in Glasshouses: A Story in Progress

Our blog series exploring women working in the glass industry has drawn to a close. We shared only a few stories, and there is so much more history yet to uncover. Our series focused on America, but other publications, exhibitions, … Read more →

  • Posted in: From the Collections, News & Events, Rakow Library, Research
  • August 20, 2020
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Women in Glasshouses: Women in Science

This entry in the Women in Glasshouses blog series comes from Nancy Magrath, a former reference librarian at the Rakow Research Library. Corning Glass Works built its first dedicated laboratory building in 1913 and hired Dr. Jesse T. Littleton, a … Read more →

  • Posted in: Education, From the Collections, Glassmaking techniques/process, News & Events, Rakow Library, Research
  • August 6, 2020
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Women in Glasshouses: Women at the Lamp

Say the word “glassblower” and this is the image many people have: hot, sweaty, muscular, male — they don’t realize there is a long tradition of women working in factories and in cottage industries, melting glass using a lamp or … Read more →

  • Posted in: Education, From the Collections, Glassmaking techniques/process, Rakow Library, Research
  • July 23, 2020
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Women in Glasshouses: Life in the Factories

On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire and claimed the lives of 145 workers. Nearly all of these workers were young women. One of the most catastrophic workplace incidents in American history, this … Read more →

  • Posted in: Education, From the Collections, Glassmaking techniques/process, Rakow Library, Research
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