Women across the world continue to break barriers in male-dominated professions, and 25-year-old Rebecca Ahafianyo is no ...

Her name is Lena Turek–but on the job site, everyone knows her as “Teaspoon.” The 24-year-old is commanding some of the heaviest equipment on the highway. At 5-years-old, while other kids were ...

Meet Rebecca Ahafianyo, the 25-year-old female breaking barriers with passion and purpose as a forklift and heavy-duty equipment operator ...

CLAYTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A construction company is hosting a two-day 'Celebrating Women in Construction' event in Clayton. 18 female equipment heavy operators from across the country will put their ...

Construction heavy equipment maker Caterpillar just wrapped up its first women's operator challenge and celebration in North Carolina. Supporting an increase in women working in the construction ...

Carol Kluting, a roller operator for Rieth-Riley, has worked in the construction business since 1996. She began working for Rieth-Riley in 1996 as a laborer. In 1999 she became a heavy equipment ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB In a dimly-lit, narrow trailer in Wilsonville, a handful of women sit in large moving chairs, with their hands on gear shifts and their feet on pedals. They’re operating ...

MINDEN, La. -- A unique program for female inmates housed at the Webster Parish jail is teaching skills usually displayed on construction sites predominately by men. Ten female inmates have recently ...