One reason: High school girls are still walking by welding on their way to classes in cosmetology, food service and child care. Women represent 98 percent of students in cosmetology, 87 percent in ...

Bright orange sparks flew as more than 20 girls at the Fox Valley Technical College Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center worked on welding projects during the first Girls in the Shop summer camp.

More local teenage girls are firing up flaming hot torches and learning welding as a career. About 450%2C000 welding jobs were available in 2014%2C with many vacancies caused by retirements%2C U.S.

Plagued by difficult, stressful interactions with other students, teachers, counselors and administrators, Sophia Precious Unciano had a hard time finding any traction while attending Santa Rosa ...

As a high school student in Texas, Bria Sativa Aguayo walked past the all-male welding class on the way to her cosmetology class. “I never looked in. I wasn’t even curious,” she says. “It didn’t seem ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Dozens of high school girls from across Kentucky took part in the state's first all-girls welding competition Thursday. Pleasure Ridge Park High School and its business ...

STOCKTON — Who said women can’t weld, or build electric circuits? Who said women can’t create robots, bend conduit wire, create maps or operate construction equipment? “I really believe that girls can ...

A Green Bay educator is honored Wednesday for her efforts in introducing young girls to trade careers. We often hear about the skilled workers shortage where there just aren’t enough people with the ...

Sparks flew as welding machines hummed as 14 high school aged girls attending a Girls Can Camp were learning the basics of welding at the Shelby County College and Career Center in Columbiana, Alabama ...

Renee Connor, the national executive director of Mentoring a Girl in Construction (MAGIC), conducted her ninth annual construction camp for girls ages 14 to 18 last week. According to an article in ...

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