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Women Doing a Great Job in Male-Dominated Fields
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As the 21st century moves forward, the imbalance of the genders in certain industries is being challenged across the country, and around the world. Though far from perfect, improvements are being made every day that help to bring intelligent, hardworking and deserving people to the forefront of different fields. In honour of the women who are breaking barriers now, we are going to take a look at some of the trailblazers that we can look to for inspiration and lessons to learn.
Construction and Architecture
This labour-intensive field is one that women have typically been excluded from as we were considered to be fit for office work, caring for families and maintaining our households. While these are valid and difficult tasks in and of themselves, seeing women move into construction/trades/architecture positions does a lot for gender equality, proving that we can do anything that we put our minds to.
WINNIPEG A Winnipeg city councillor is helping mark Black History Month with his own creation. Markus Chambers is recognizing Black inventors with a t-shirt that says Know Their Names. On the back of the shirt is a list of people of colour and what they have invented. I was inspired by the movie Hidden Figures and seeing the story of three women that were responsible for the calculations that helped the United States enter into the space race, Chambers said. He said these were stories that he didn t know and it resulted in him doing his own research into Black history and contributions.
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Let s face it, this cold weather isn t going anywhere.today at least. Marcus Parkwood in Waite Park knows this, and as a way to help celebrate President s Day, they re offering up free hot chocolate. This couldn t have come at a more convenient time.
Is there anything better on one of the coldest days of the year than a warm, sugary cup of cocoa? I didn t think so. And, honestly, a free hot chocolate might make you forget how dreadfully cold it is right now.
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It might be a great day to warm up inside of the movie theater and get lost in a cinematic adventure. We hate to say it, but yesterday in the Boundary Waters area, a weather station recorded a temperature of 50 degrees below zero. Eww.