Mollie Elkman, NAHB Builder Books 2023
“Let’s explore 18 different skilled job needed to build a home”! Wonderful pictures show us a multi racial group of 18 women each engaged in one of the key skills: architect, cabinet maker, concrete laborer, drywaller, electrician…all the way to roofer! Short descriptions describe the task “This is the woman who installed the plumbing. “The Plumber installs the pipes and water lines for running water and flushing toilets. This is the house that she built”.
What a wonderful book for the end of Women’s History Month and year round!
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