Fort Wayne’s once-crumbling General Electric plant, which built hundreds of moonlight towers in the late 1800s, including Austin’s, is being saved from the rubble.
I grew up in Detroit, and we would take the train to Fort Worth...I must have seen these buildings myself. Fun and interesting article!
And on another matter: "whose 39-acre campus employed a third of the working population in Fort Wayne"...this common reference to "working" people obscures and diminishes the UNPAID work of (mostly) women. Is there another way we can refer to workers that acknowledges the non-remunerated work that enables and accompanies the compensated work? For too long we have ignored the contributions of caregivers and homemakers (including especially the fact that this work is not counted in the GDP). I dunno, would it be better to say "whose 39-acre campus employed a third of the paid working population in Fort Wayne."?
This is such a good point, Elizabeth! Men and women worked at the factory, but obviously far more men than women, and you are so right about how language plays a role in our understanding of "work." I wish I had learned more about the workforce at the factory and the role of unions there, too. I appreciate your insights!
I grew up in Detroit, and we would take the train to Fort Worth...I must have seen these buildings myself. Fun and interesting article!
And on another matter: "whose 39-acre campus employed a third of the working population in Fort Wayne"...this common reference to "working" people obscures and diminishes the UNPAID work of (mostly) women. Is there another way we can refer to workers that acknowledges the non-remunerated work that enables and accompanies the compensated work? For too long we have ignored the contributions of caregivers and homemakers (including especially the fact that this work is not counted in the GDP). I dunno, would it be better to say "whose 39-acre campus employed a third of the paid working population in Fort Wayne."?
This is such a good point, Elizabeth! Men and women worked at the factory, but obviously far more men than women, and you are so right about how language plays a role in our understanding of "work." I wish I had learned more about the workforce at the factory and the role of unions there, too. I appreciate your insights!