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Trades Women:Sacramento building Trades women organization Conference in May!
Apprenticeship:Northern California Inside Wireman or Residential Apprenticeship Opportunity Coming soon!
Woman Operator website:Engineers
Find a home
Allied Cleveland Tradeswomen:Has many women's union links!
Woman Ironworker :Ironworker and her daughter Ironworker2 website and lots of worksite photos! You go girls!
Women's work boots-Not Steel Toe:Online store-Small Selection
What is an electrician Apprentice?:IBEW local in San Mateo, but an apprentice is an apprentice, no matter which local you live in
Women Only Solar Energy Workshops 2003: Other Solar Links
My Brother's Therapy Products:Buckwheat hull bolsters, neckrolls, and other pillows handmade by my brother! Relieve your aches and pains, comfort your tired bones! Microwavable, freezable! Read about my brother'he's available, PLUS he cooks and SEWS!
Women-Owned Construction type Businesses: List
Carolina Boots-Women's:MY Personal FAVORITES!
Wearguard Women's Work Clothes: Small selection
Army Surplus Online Store:Women's Work Clothes including Carhartts, bibs, jackets, gloves etc
Women in the Trades Books: List
Homes for sale:
Homes for sale:
Northern New England Tradeswomen Inc.:Trains educates and advocates for women and girls interested in exploring or pursuing employment in the trades or technical fields
Wider Opportunities for Women:Works Nationally and in it's own community to achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity for women and girls
Women's Firsts in the Military-and other accomplishments: Newest Feature story
CEE NEWS Magazine online Headline story-Women in Construction: (One story is about me, your webmaster) blush Read about women who have survived and successfully worked in the construction field for years
IBEW Apprenticeship Program: Electrician Training IBEW Local 180 Vallejo, California
IBEW Local 180:IBEW Local 180 Napa/Solano County California
Washington Women in the Trades:Looking for all former Rosie the Riveters from WWII click here
Women of WWII:Stories of Rosie the Riveter and other WWII Women Heroes
Women's Carhartt's Shopping:Sierra Trading Post DOT COM
Construction and Women's Health:Important considerations
Washington State Women in the Trades site:We can do it!
AFL-CIO Ask a Working Woman:For Every Woman who wants to make changes on the job
Rosie the Rubber Worker : Women Workers in Akron's Rubber Factories During World War II: by Kathleen L. Endres/Book
Luce Gregoire is a first year apprentice electrician: British Columbia
Book-"Unlocking the Clubhouse" by Jane Margolis: When there were no opportunities for women in the sciences, it was assumed they had no aptitude for the work.
"Why So Slow?"-Book by Virginia Valian: A scholarly and convincing explanation of women's slow progress in the professions
and ain't i a woman?: Women, unions and discrimination: After a safety incident, where a rag in a worker's pocket nearly pulled him into a fan, I decided to do something about my ill-fitting clothes.
OSHA Official site: Women in construction workplace-Equitable safety
National Association of Women in the Trades: A great resource for us!
Virtual Gender: Technology, Consumption and Identity Matters: Book-Women--Effect of technological advances on.
Dept of Education: Grants and Loans for everyone
US Dept of Labor: Women's Bureau Page
Women Electrician: Training for Schools
Women's Wire-Work Channel: Start a Business and Get Ahead in Your Career
Women Into Trades: And Technology-WITT
"New Collar Workers Needed" in New Millenium: Women Needed for Upcoming Labor Shortages
Women and Non-Traditional Employment: One-Stop Style
Industry in Capital Schools to pitch Construction Careers: Article dated April 1999
Electrican Dot Com: Electrical INFO INFO INFO
London-based Women In Construction: Lots of good "How they do it" Info!
National Women in Construction: Link to them
Oregon Tradeswomen: Lots of links for all of USA!
"Blue Collar Women Trailblazing Women take Men Only Jobs": Book-Great Inside Thoughts
"Alone in a Crowd-Women in Trades Tell Their Story": Book about more experiences in our trade.
"A Mouthful of Rivets": Book-Wonderful depiction of the brave women who worked during the war in "Men's Jobs"
"We'll Call You If We Need You": Book- Women working construction have more obstacles.
"Bitter Choices": Book- check out the description on the link.
"Pioneering:Poems from the Construction Site": Book of applicable poetry-written by a tradeswoman
"The Business Journal"--newspaper reprint from 1997....: "Electrical Union Looks to Recruit More Women"
Workplace Solutions: The Assessment Process:Presenting Nontraditional Career Options To Women
Workplace Solutions: Myths and Facts About Women in Nontraditional Occupations
Social Security Administration: What every woman should know
Major Electric Inc.: WBE Woman Owned Business in Tucson, Az.
Seattle Times article: "Busy Builders Recruiting women...."
9 Women in Construction stories: St. Louis Business Journal
Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science: IWITTS is dedicated to integrating women into nontraditional......
Craft Hotline: Links to all craftsman and their interests
"Hard-Hatted Women": Book- Women oriented construction stories
Laying the Foundation:
$$Tech Careers to consider:
Carhartt for Women: Line Discontinued! Some still available until supply runs out
Blue Collar Gal: A female electrician woman's Personal Story
Featured Link- Woman Owned Electrical Contractor: Cattaneo Electric- "What it's like"
Women's Wire: Women into Trades and Technology
Trades women organization: Northern California site under construction
Pro Head Hunters: Seeking Women Executives
Carhartt & Levis Clothing - Clothing for the Whole Family :
Georgia Boots dot com: Why should guys get all the breaks when it comes to functional footwear?
Canadian Construction Women: Thanks ladies-A mirror image of my site. I am honored.
Next Step Magazine: The Next Step magazine for high school students who want more
Women Electricians: Things to Know
Woman Electrician Sparks Curiosity: Newspaper Article
Electrician: What it's Like
Women's Work Boots and Steel Toe Boots:
Electrician's Guide to Conduit Bending: Very handy and must-have book!-by Richard A. Cox
National Electric Code 2002: book-The single most important reference in the electrical industry.
IBEW JATC: Electrician Training IBEW Local 180 Vallejo, California
Women For Hire Website: Employers and Employees Network and View Career Fairs Countrywide!
California Conference for Women in the Trades: Held May 5, 2002-more information here
Synergy Books, ebooks online: One of our sisters has written an ebook about what it's like out there in the sheetmetal world, I can't wait to read this!
Humor: Sign
Book-"Cool Careers for Girls in Construction": Loads of information for future construction ladies
Women's Skillshare- Berkeley California:
Apprenticeship USA: Links to get you connected to your new trade
Women Earning Respect in the construction industry: Strictly Business News Article
Women of WW II: WAC's arriving at Normandy 1944
Career Options for Women: Canada
Construction Women's Organizations: List
Jobs : List
Women's workwear: List
Women in Construction Training: List

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