The Rise of Female Lineworkers
Along Those Lines
English - March 15, 2019 13:09 - 9 minutes - 8.92 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit cooperatives energy nreca rural america electricity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we take you behind the scenes with a woman who’s making her way in a male-dominated industry. Hear the story of Kaitlyn Vaillancourt, a 21-year-old apprentice lineworker at Pedernales Electric Cooperative near Austin, Texas—the only woman among the co-op’s 200 lineworkers.