Carol, a super-brain, works at Tesla as a tool & die specialist and talks about her beginnings working in the theater, her mentors, her cool mom, why she takes everything apart, and how she feels more put together now, more than ever.  Listen to Carol’s stories about her insatiable curiosity and get an inside scoop from this brassy, next-gen womxn in the skilled trades. 

“No is an opportunity because the next YES is going to be AWESOME!”

-Carol, Tool & Die Specialist, Tesla

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 An inside scoop from two pioneering tradeswomxn who paved the way in the 70s and 80s for womxn working in the trades. 

Molly and Lynn talk frankly about enduring culturally accepted sexism, their exclusion from equal opportunities in the unions, and how they fought back and WON! (And are keeping the fight alive…). 

You won’t want to miss this time traveling episode! And you won’t believe how far the movement has come and the work they did to make it happen. These ladies are an inspiration!

Special thanks to our partners, Rosie The Riveter Trust, Iron Workers Union Local 378, & SRBX: Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange !Go. Listen. Enjoy.

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In this episode:  Jessika, a transwoman ironworker shares her story of being a welder as a man then as a woman, and Evelyn, a metal fabricator and machinist talks about working with men- when it really rocks and when it doesn’t.   A revealing portrait of two women in the trades, with the added bonus of the blunt truth from the male experience. 

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