Sat March 28, 2015
Women in Maritime Trades
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at National Maritime Museum - Aquatic Park
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In honor of Women’s History Month this March, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (NHP) will host a free Women’s Panel Discussion. Join us to hear stories from six women who will share their experiences and accomplishments in maritime trades and in careers such as captain, officer, pilot, and more. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP required.
Panelists:
Phyllis Gould was one of the first welders at Kaiser Shipyard during World War II. The day she started, she and her female colleagues were escorted to their work site in case of possible hostilities from male workers.
Captain Lynn Korwatch is the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange and a former merchant sea captain. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the California Maritime Academy and the first woman to command a U.S. commercial vessel.
Captain Tuuli Messer is a professor at California Maritime Academy. She holds a U.S. Coast Guard unlimited master’s license, has served in the U.S. Naval Reserves as a Lt. Commander, is educated in maritime law, and has been a deck officer, lecturer and book author.
Captain Jeanne Pinto has been a San Francisco Fire Department fireboat pilot since 2007. She worked on tugboats and was a captain for 20 years for the Oscar Niemeth Towing Company, both on San Francisco Bay.
Alice Watts began as a volunteer at San Francisco Maritime NHP in 1983. She was hired by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, the park’s nonprofit partner, to work with the Age of Sail overnight school program and to serve as the first mate of the park’s Alma scow schooner.
Captain Nancy Wagner is the first female ship pilot in the U.S., receiving her license in 1990. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York in 1978. She also served on the Board of Trustees for SFNMPA and the Tall Ship Semester at Sea for Girls.
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Panelists:
Phyllis Gould was one of the first welders at Kaiser Shipyard during World War II. The day she started, she and her female colleagues were escorted to their work site in case of possible hostilities from male workers.
Captain Lynn Korwatch is the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange and a former merchant sea captain. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the California Maritime Academy and the first woman to command a U.S. commercial vessel.
Captain Tuuli Messer is a professor at California Maritime Academy. She holds a U.S. Coast Guard unlimited master’s license, has served in the U.S. Naval Reserves as a Lt. Commander, is educated in maritime law, and has been a deck officer, lecturer and book author.
Captain Jeanne Pinto has been a San Francisco Fire Department fireboat pilot since 2007. She worked on tugboats and was a captain for 20 years for the Oscar Niemeth Towing Company, both on San Francisco Bay.
Alice Watts began as a volunteer at San Francisco Maritime NHP in 1983. She was hired by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, the park’s nonprofit partner, to work with the Age of Sail overnight school program and to serve as the first mate of the park’s Alma scow schooner.
Captain Nancy Wagner is the first female ship pilot in the U.S., receiving her license in 1990. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York in 1978. She also served on the Board of Trustees for SFNMPA and the Tall Ship Semester at Sea for Girls.
In honor of Women’s History Month this March, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (NHP) will host a free Women’s Panel Discussion. Join us to hear stories from six women who will share their experiences and accomplishments in maritime trades and in careers such as captain, officer, pilot, and more. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP required.
Panelists:
Phyllis Gould was one of the first welders at Kaiser Shipyard during World War II. The day she started, she and her female colleagues were escorted to their work site in case of possible hostilities from male workers.
Captain Lynn Korwatch is the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange and a former merchant sea captain. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the California Maritime Academy and the first woman to command a U.S. commercial vessel.
Captain Tuuli Messer is a professor at California Maritime Academy. She holds a U.S. Coast Guard unlimited master’s license, has served in the U.S. Naval Reserves as a Lt. Commander, is educated in maritime law, and has been a deck officer, lecturer and book author.
Captain Jeanne Pinto has been a San Francisco Fire Department fireboat pilot since 2007. She worked on tugboats and was a captain for 20 years for the Oscar Niemeth Towing Company, both on San Francisco Bay.
Alice Watts began as a volunteer at San Francisco Maritime NHP in 1983. She was hired by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, the park’s nonprofit partner, to work with the Age of Sail overnight school program and to serve as the first mate of the park’s Alma scow schooner.
Captain Nancy Wagner is the first female ship pilot in the U.S., receiving her license in 1990. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York in 1978. She also served on the Board of Trustees for SFNMPA and the Tall Ship Semester at Sea for Girls.
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Panelists:
Phyllis Gould was one of the first welders at Kaiser Shipyard during World War II. The day she started, she and her female colleagues were escorted to their work site in case of possible hostilities from male workers.
Captain Lynn Korwatch is the Executive Director of the Marine Exchange and a former merchant sea captain. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the California Maritime Academy and the first woman to command a U.S. commercial vessel.
Captain Tuuli Messer is a professor at California Maritime Academy. She holds a U.S. Coast Guard unlimited master’s license, has served in the U.S. Naval Reserves as a Lt. Commander, is educated in maritime law, and has been a deck officer, lecturer and book author.
Captain Jeanne Pinto has been a San Francisco Fire Department fireboat pilot since 2007. She worked on tugboats and was a captain for 20 years for the Oscar Niemeth Towing Company, both on San Francisco Bay.
Alice Watts began as a volunteer at San Francisco Maritime NHP in 1983. She was hired by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, the park’s nonprofit partner, to work with the Age of Sail overnight school program and to serve as the first mate of the park’s Alma scow schooner.
Captain Nancy Wagner is the first female ship pilot in the U.S., receiving her license in 1990. She was a member of the first women’s graduating class at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York in 1978. She also served on the Board of Trustees for SFNMPA and the Tall Ship Semester at Sea for Girls.
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National Maritime Museum - Aquatic Park
Beach St @ Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109
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