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4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned -welder reflects

4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned -welder reflects

Jean Reith Schroedel’s 1985 book captured the struggles and triumphs of tradeswomen. Forty years later, its lessons remain urgent.

Jo Mackiewicz

Only 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one − here’s what I learned

Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I’ve daydreamed about learning a trade – something that required both my...

Jo Mackiewicz