Little, Margaret.

If I Had a Hammer : Retraining That Really Works. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (192 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Laying the Foundation -- 3 The Everyday Lives of Our Heroes -- 4 From Blueprint to Reality: Challenges at the Job Site -- 5 Measuring Success -- 6 " A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out": Let's Get Serious about Retraining -- Appendices -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters.

9780774851275


Occupational training for women -- Canada.
Poor women -- Employment -- Canada.


Electronic books.

HD6059.6.C32 -- R43 2005eb

331.4/2592/0971