This collection documents the contributions and achievements of Madeline Mixer, a former director of Region IX of the United
States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau in regards to creating equal employment opportunities, training, and education
for women working in trades' professions. Materials include: documents regarding California construction projects such as
the Cypress Replacement Project and Oakland Federal Project, papers, reports, newsletters, and statistics related to the United
States Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, meeting minutes and agendas, clippings, newsletters, reports, and statistics regarding
apprenticeship, affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, and women in the workforce. Also included are articles,
newsletters, magazines, and other documents related to tradeswomen organizations such as Tradeswomen Inc., Women in Non Traditional
Employment Roles (WINTER), and Sacramento Tradeswomen, as well as career resources such as listings, flyers, and brochures
for job opportunities, conferences, workshops, seminars, and materials related to apprenticeship, vocational, and mentorship
programs for women in the trades. For digitized material related to all tradeswomen archives collections please consult the
Tradeswomen Archives Project .