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If you ever need something, or advice, you pop something on there and within ten minutes you have about ten replies, so there's a small, but growing community of tradeswomen.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

For Veronica Session, a carpenter profiled in Ms. LaTour’s book, the attention gave her validation at a time when tradeswomen were not very visible.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Pre-apprenticeship programs targeting women and minorities have proliferated over the past decade, while several thousand women gather each year for NABTU’s 10-year-old annual conference for tradeswomen.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021

Several tradeswomen interviewed by Reuters said they depended on family members or spouses to help care for young children.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2021

"Noble men and noble women, ambassadors and centurions, ladies and tradeswomen, and babies who have never seen a cow."

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas