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TRAINING: Quiana Ferguson, left, and Glendale Perez, center, students in a Building Futures pre-apprenticeship class that was held earlier this year from May 5 to June 6, work with Building Futures training team instructor Brook Swanson, second from right, on an exercise designed to introduce techniques used by millwrights. Pictured at right foreground is an unidentified student. COURTESY BUILDING FUTURES

BUILDING SUPPORT: Women growing in the trades

Digital Special Editions 10/10/2025

Catherine Pena was working two jobswith three little boys at home trying to make ends meet when a friend suggested working in the trades....

ROUGH RETURN: Erin Thibeault went back to work as a teacher this fall after having a child but didn’t expect the trouble she and her husband had in finding day care for her daughter.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘She-cession’ cessation: Women’s employment hits record high, but hardships endure

Cover Story 12/08/2023

After taking the entire 2022-2023 school year off for maternity leave, Erin Thibeault wasn’t just eager to return to work as a first grade...

WORKING TOGETHER: Anita Bruno, right, executive director of Rhode Island Women In The Trades, and Jessica Baez, pre-apprentice, work on a construction site at a home in Cranston. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Still so many barriers’ for women in the trades

Focus 08/04/2023

Given the difficult life circumstances Elizabeth “Ellie” Navarro has had to deal with, it’s a wonder she’s so upbeat. Growing up, the 19-year-old Pawtucket native...

Caregiving demands still impacting R.I. women’s opportunities in workforce

Economic Activity 05/15/2023

Few industries escaped the crippling employment blow dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic. One exception in Rhode Island: construction, which was categorized as an essential...

FLEXIBLE: Patricia Steere, owner of Steere Engineering Inc., allows employees with young children to adjust their hours because of an increase in remote learning. Steele, herself, had the experience of balancing work with family needs. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I.’s ‘she-cession’: Pandemic knocks many women out of workforce, and some...

Coronavirus 11/13/2020

After a three-month maternity leave, Jill Boni was eager to return to her job as director of Bright Start Academy, a Smithfield preschool. That never...

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