RBS Rural Cooperative Magazine (March/April 1998 Issue)
Special issue: Focus on Women in Cooperatives
On the Cover: Deborah Bridges, a unit supervisor, sews shirts in
a Georgia textile plant operated by a worker-owned cooperative. the plant was closed
and padlocked before workers banded together in a co-op and reopened it.
Photo by La Shinda Clark
Opening Comments by Randall Torgerson, Deputy
Administrator Cooperative Service
A Few Good Women
Though few in number, women in leadership positions are playing an increasingly important
role in U.S. co-ops
Catherine Merlo
The Triumph of Dawson's Textile Workers
Left without jobs when their mill closed down, Georgia textile workers formed a
co-op and re-opened it as its new owners
Catherine Merlo
Out of the Crab's Claw
Women's crab meat co-op helps revive economy of Chesapeake Bay island
Facing Forward
Hawaiian cattle co-op finds new life by responding to marketing crises
Savvy Salesmanship
Innovative marketing helps craft co-op increase sales
Appalachian Artistry
Quilting co-op provides vital income for West Virginia craftswomen
Patching Together Appalachian, Slovak Quilters
Show and Tell
Effective staff training requires demonstration-based instruction
Galen Rapp
Grayson Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture
Jill Long Thompson, Under Secretary, Rural Development
Dayton J. Watkins, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Randall Torgerson, Deputy Administrator, RBS Cooperative Services
Catherine Merlo, Editor
Peter Manzelli, Design
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