Plenty of women aren't cut out for construction jobs. But the same goes for a lot of men, too!
In last month's column, we quoted this statement from the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
I'm not sure what Mrs. Thomas Jefferson had to say about her husband's declaration, or if she even had a say. We do know it was quite a few years before women were even permitted to vote. We've come a long way toward accepting that women deserve equal rights and opportunities during the last two-and-a-quarter centuries, but we've still got a long way to go.