  In this work, we present a theoretical study of the electron spectral shapes
for the second-forbidden nonunique $\beta^-$-decay transitions
$^{59}\textrm{Fe}(3/2^-)\to\,^{59}\textrm{Co}(7/2^-)$ and
$^{60}\textrm{Fe}(0^+)\to\,^{60}\textrm{Co}(2^+)$ in the framework of the
nuclear shell model. We have computed the involved wave functions by carrying
out a complete $0\hbar\omega$ calculation in the full $fp$ model space using
the KB3G and GXPF1A effective interactions. When compared with the available
data, these interactions predict the low-energy spectra and electromagnetic
properties of the involved nuclei quite successfully. This success paves the
way for the computations of the $\beta$-decay properties, and comparison with
the available data. We have computed the electron spectral shapes of the
mentioned decay transitions as functions of the value of the weak axial
coupling $g_{\rm A}$. By comparing these computed shapes with the measured
spectral shapes allows then to extract the effective value of $g_{\rm A}$ for
these decay transitions. This procedure, coined the spectrum-shape method (SSM)
in several earlier studies, complements the method of determining the value of
$g_{\rm A}$ by reproducing the (partial) half-lives of decay transitions. Here
we have enhanced the original SSM by constraining the value of the relativistic
vector matrix element, $^V\mathcal{M}^{(0)}_{KK-11}$, using the conserved
vector-current hypothesis (CVC) as a starting point. We hope that this finding
would be a strong incentive to measure the spectral shapes in the future.
