Shirley Burman (born 1934) is a railroad photographer, historian of women's work in the railroad industry, and creator of the traveling photo exhibition, ''Women and the American Railroad''. Burman received a BA in Art from the

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in 1972. She was an illustrator for the California State Parks in 1974, and a documentary photographer for the U.S. federal government in 1976. She resumed employment with the California State Parks in 1978 as a photographer for the

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's restoration projects. Since 1983, Burman has been a self-employed railroad photographer and designer. Together with her late husband, the railroad photographer Richard Steinheimer, she produced a book, ''Whistles Across the Land'', in 1994. She lives in

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. Burman established a non-profit corporation called The Women's Railroad History Project. It is a repository for oral histories, photographic and artifact collections, and other historical research. Selections from Burman's international traveling exhibitions ''Women and the American Railroad'' TM were compiled into a 1995 wall calendar "Women and the American Railroad."

Publications

* Steinheimer, Richard, and Burman, Shirley, ''Whistles Across the Land: A Love Affair with Trains''. San Rafael, CA: CEDCO Publishing Company, 1993. .Sh * Burman, Shirley. "Women and the American Railroad, a calendar for 1995." Cedco Publishing Company, San Rafael, CA, 1994. * Levinson, Nancy Smiler, and Burman, Shirley, ''She's Been Working on the Railroad''. New York: Dutton, 1997. . * Burman, Shirley, "Women and the American Railroad - Documentary Photography," ''Journal of the West'', April 1994, 36-41. *

References

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