Work

“Work” is a value-laden term that has changed drastically over time, particularly in relation to women’s daily lives. Despite a legacy of opinions to the contrary, WWHP views women’s work as inherently valuable, whether taking place in the formal structure of paid employment or the private realm of home and family. We seek to understand each woman’s work on her own terms in her own words.

Rita Mallette

Grafton Hill neighborhood; Hairdresser; Square Dancer
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Wed, 11/02/2005
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Judith Jepson

Church Musician
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Mon, 11/27/2006
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Holly Izard

Curator and Historian, Worcester Historical Museum
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Wed, 11/22/2006
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Jean Laquidara Hill

Reporter, Worcester Telegram and Gazette
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Sun, 11/19/2006
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Lauren Farina

Program Coordinator, Dismas House
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Tue, 10/03/2006
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Gail England

Grew up in Worcester; Probation Department, Juvenile Court
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Tue, 04/18/2006
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Anne A. Dealy

Police Department Employee;Member of Senior Center and Women's Guild
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Mon, 05/05/2008
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Mildred Cummings

Registered Nurse;President,Episcobal Church Women's Group
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Sat, 04/05/2008
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Mercy Akpan

Minister, born in Nigeria
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Fri, 11/11/2005
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Gloria Abramoff

Former Owner and Operator of Tatnuck Bookseller

"You know I don’t think until in retrospect and we heard from so many people, honestly, when we closed [Tatnuck Bookseller], how bereft they were. And I have to say, it’s two years later and I still hear it. And how does that make me feel – it was great. It was – and I feel sad that there’s nothing that’s quite taken its place. I mean you can’t really do it in a mall."

Gloria Zieper Abramoff was born in 1952 and raised in the Tatnuck Square section of Worcester, MA. She attended Tatnuck Elementary School, Chandler Street Junior High and Doherty Memorial High School, all on the west side of Worcester, MA. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1974. She earned a Masters in Arts and Teaching degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. Gloria lived in Philadelphia, PA for a short time where she met her future husband, Larry Abramoff, also a native of Worcester.

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