carol lynn mckibben focuses on the role women played in the industry and how they were represented in steinbeck's novel. center for the american west hosted and provided the video for this program. i'm really excited to be here today to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of steinbeck's cannery row and his literary genius, but also to share a view of steinbeck country from a female and working class perspective. so i'd like to begin by visually going bac

carol lynn mckibben focuses on the role women played in the industry and how they were represented in steinbeck's novel. center for the american west hosted and provided the video for this program. i'm really excited to be here today to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of steinbeck's cannery row and his literary genius, but also to share a view of steinbeck country from a female and working class perspective. so i'd like to begin by visually going back in time to the 1930s marco martinez put together a great series of photographs from that era that i want to spend just a couple of minutes going through to illustrate what i'm about to discuss and we can return to them at the end marco might you

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beyond cannery row: sicilian women, immigration & community in monterey, california", carol lynn mckibben focuses on the role women played in the industry and how they were represented in steinbeck's novel. >> i'm really excited to be here today to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of steinbeck's "cannery row" and his literary genius, but also to share a view of steinbeck country from a female and working-class perspective. so i would like to begin by visually going back in time to the 1930s. marco martinez put together a great series of photographs from that era that i want to spend just a couple of minutes going through to illustrate what i'm about to discuss. and we can return to them at the end. marco, might you please share that on the screen. thank you. the first slide is a juxtaposition of our books. this is not to say i'm equivalent to steinbeck. he was a genius, i'm not. but the covers tell this essential story:h-lh of perspec. in his cover, it's aboutkmu x t guys hanging out. but mine is really about these working-class women who actually formed the bulk of the w

beyond cannery row: sicilian women, immigration & community in monterey, california", carol lynn mckibben focuses on the role women played in the industry and how