# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Women of Steel
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Panel Discussion:  Women of Steel: Stories of Strength, Struggle and Solidarity

Event host, Battle of Homestead Board member, Maura Bainbridge holds a PhD in anthropology. Her academic work considered the memorialization, and more often the erasure, of labor history at sites of labor conflict in the US. She believes history is important to preserve and celebrate, allowing contemporary workers to challenge seemingly immovable power structures while offering models on how to build a more just world.

 

Women of Steel: Stories of Strength, Struggle & Solidarity Panel Participants

Panel Moderation, Steffi Domike, plays a significant role in telling of women in the workplace history through her work as an activist, author and  producer of documentaries like 1985’s Women of Steel, which chronicled the struggles that laid-off female steelworkers, and The River Ran Red, which portrays the 1892 Homestead lockout and strike from the workers’ perspective. 

 

Panel Participants

Rosemary Bezy, recently retired from Clariton Works Steel and she served as the United Steel Workers local 1557 Vice President.

Betty Esper began working in the mills at age 18, laid off at 51. She served as Homestead’s, the region’s steel capital, mayor for 30 years. Guiding the borough from an industrial to retail town.  

Sandra Gould-Ford is an author, artist, educator, and photographer. While working at Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Sandra began a photo-memoir called Steel Genesis, Images and Stories of Metal, Mettle and Personal Genesis.

Keli Vereb has served as coordinator of USW District 10 Women of Steel, facilitates Women of Steel training for the district.  Member of Local 2227 since starting work at USS Irvin Plant of the Mon Valley Works in 1995.

Mike Stout worked for ten years as a crane operator at Homestead Steel Works and served as Union Grievance Officer local 1397.

Open audience participation from women who worked in the steel mills.



Reception at 6:00pm

Event begins at 7:00pm
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/homestead/women-of-steel/200029898469015
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, business, contests, workshops, womens-history-month
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Homestead
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Pump House
- **lat**: 40.41314
- **long**: -79.89708
- **full address**: The Pump House, 880 E Waterfront Dr, Homestead, PA 15120-5044, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Women of Steel being held?
  - **A:** Women of Steel takes place on Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 08:30 pm at The Pump House, 880 E Waterfront Dr, Homestead, PA 15120-5044, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Women of Steel?
  - **A:** Women of Steel is organized by The Battle of Homestead Foundation.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Women of Steel is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Homestead, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Women of Steel sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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