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- Title
- Inverview with Ninabeth G. Sowell, 2021 August 25
- Date(s)
- 2021-08-25
- Contributor(s)
- Sowell, Nina, 1956- (interviewee), Plasky, Joseph G. (interviewer)
- Description
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During the interview, she discusses her early life and the influence of her father on her career. She talks about being hired at DuPont and says that her hiring came at a time when the company was trying to diversify the workforce. She was one of four women at the same time hired in technical marketing. She talks about how she felt being hired under the diversity push at DuPont. She discusses her many roles with the company in great detail and a failed attempt to market Tyvek to the apparel...
Show moreDuring the interview, she discusses her early life and the influence of her father on her career. She talks about being hired at DuPont and says that her hiring came at a time when the company was trying to diversify the workforce. She was one of four women at the same time hired in technical marketing. She talks about how she felt being hired under the diversity push at DuPont. She discusses her many roles with the company in great detail and a failed attempt to market Tyvek to the apparel industry. She speaks directly about the working environment at DuPont and what it was like being a woman in a male-dominated business.
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- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department (Accession 2010.215)
- Hagley ID
- 2010215_20210825_Sowell
- Collection
- Oral history interviews with former employees of DuPont Company's Textile Fibers Department