Meet the New Wave of Female Builders
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November 01, 2019
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Story by Maile Pingel, Washington Post
How women in construction are responding to sexism and isolation by creating a community — and a future — for themselves.
Women still make up only about 9 percent of the construction industry, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so the isolation is real. It’s a vulnerability that has also led to intimidation and harassment, even assault. But a new wave of female contractors is creating a community for themselves to fight the loneliness that comes along with being a small minority in the field. They are also hoping to inspire women coming up behind them, to build a support system they don’t feel they had."
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