Asheville Junction: A Blog by David E. Whisnant

An Asheville outmigrant writing about personal history, family, community, & region.

Spinning, Twisting, Reeling, Marketing and Basketball: Women Workers at American Enka

By David Whisnant July 16, 2022 American Enka Corp., Industry, Whisnant family, Women in industry 1 Comment

NOTE TO READERS: A version of this post I mistakenly sent out on July 11 was incomplete. I hit “Publish” when I meant to hit “Preview.” I apologize that several…

Women’s History Month: Pictorial Preview of Upcoming Post on Women Workers at Enka

By David Whisnant March 6, 2022 American Enka Corp., Women in industry 2 Comments

These images suggest some of the key topics and issues addressed in my upcoming post on the thousands of women who worked at American Enka from the 1930s onward: recruitment…

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