#GAReads | Meet the New Wave of Female Builders

“Meet the New Wave of Female Builders”:

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. “There’s an older generation of kick-ass women,” says Cacace, “but there’s a generation gap in construction because of a lack of encouragement.”

Read Maile Pingel’s full article at The Washington Post here…