Joanna Neal (left) and Becca VandeWalle, students at Oregon Tradeswomen Inc., construct benches for a picnic table for Village Gardens in North Portland. Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.The Oregon Tradeswomen nonprofit will hold a special event Saturday in Northeast Portland exploring the history of women in trade careers. Among the guests will be an 80-year-old female auto mechanic and a 60-year-old carpenter.
The organization, which helps women access living-wage careers in construction, aims to document tradeswomen history. Saturday's event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is sponsored by the Tradeswomen Archives Project in California.
The tradeswomen archiving event will be held at the Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. office, 3934 N.E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, #101. For more info, contact Dawn Jones at 503-335-8200 x 31.
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