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| Beth Youhn, former executive president of Tradeswomen, Inc., worked in the various building trades since 1979 and is now retired.
“Getting into the trades is just the beginning. The dropout rate for apprentices is very high; in many trades it is over 50 percent. So we have to find ways to help people be successful as apprentices and then they will be successful as journeypeople. Nationwide there is still less than 3% women in the trades, and yet these are great jobs for single moms and all women that are interested.”
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