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Carrie Furnace smelted its first tons of iron on February 28th, 1884. To this day, Carrie stands a sentinel on the Monongahela River. Carrie Clarke was born into the business of iron, and her name echoes in its legacy. However, she was not alone in this endeavor. Join Rivers of Steel as we discuss Carrie Clarke’s life and the roles women like her played in the establishment of Pittsburgh’s mighty industrial society.
About the presenter: Dr. Kirsten Paine is a Site Management Coordinator and Interpretive Specialist at Rivers of Steel. In addition to public history work related to 19th-century industrial labor, she specializes in 19th-century American women writers. She earned her PhD in English from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019 where she wrote her dissertation, "Not According to the Regulation of War": Intimate Civil War Writing by Female Nurses, Soldiers, and Spies, which she is currently revising into a book.
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