According to Gallup, two million skilled workers are needed in the U.S. manufacturing sector. With women totaling around 47 percent of the overall U.S. workforce, they still only represent 29 percent of the manufacturing workforce. 

In this episode, we discuss the lack of women in the manufacturing industry, why it’s important to get more women in manufacturing jobs, and ways to do that for the benefit of individual businesses, the U.S. manufacturing industry and the U.S. economy.

1:25-Interview with Lindsey Lawton, a Minnesota college student pursuing a career in welding.

26:00-Interview with Allison Grealis, president of Women in Manufacturing, the only national trade association dedicated to providing year-round support to women who have chosen a career in the manufacturing industry.

41:23-Interview with Joy Abbitt, who has excelled in male-dominated fields her entire career, including as an avionics technician in the U.S. Navy where she worked on F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets on the U.S.S. Carl Vinson.