CHICAGO -- Sparks fly everywhere as students wearing thick helmets observe their teacher carefully weld a piece of metal. As the flame settles down and dies, the students take off their protective ...

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — Remember Rosie the Riveter, made popular during World War II when women took welding jobs while men fought overseas. Women who weld started even earlier than that, during World ...

NOW SHE'S HOPING TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN WELDERS. CLASSES OUT OF ORFF'S SHOP INCLUDE áWELDING THEN WINEá AND áWELDING THEN WHISKEY.á SHE ALSO OFFERS AN EXPLORATORY ACADEMY... AN ALL ...

She’s the owner of Anvil Welding & Fabrication LLC in Parker Ford, East Coventry Township. Marie Caporaletti Nansteel is a woman of welding in an industry that’s usually dominated by men, on top of ...

MARSHFIELD — Melanie Oliver defies stereotypes. She's a petite muscular woman who wields a welding torch with grace and pride at Felker Brothers Corporation. The company manufactures welded stainless ...

Halifax County, Va. — A southside school is celebrating the first woman to enter its welding program. Tara Bailey says being the only woman is empowering and doesn't bother her. According to the ...

Over the next decade, the welding industry is expected to grow by at least three percent. However, women only make-up about five percent of welders in this field. Mig, tig, fill, flux, tungsten, rod - ...

The women in the 12-day welding class — many of them single mothers and living in temporary shelters — are working with a new nonprofit group, Women Who Weld, to teach welding skills, with the intent ...

L&C grad and professional welder Charlie Vonder Haar teaches welding to women and weekend warriors. GODFREY — As in many trades, there’s a gap between the number of welders looking to retire and the ...

I dashed away as if possessed, fearing for my eyes as dazzling sparks emanating from a young woman’s handiwork with the intensity of a thousand stars threatened to render my world permanently dark.