I was meant to find this field ans industry. As a Black woman in Detroit this solidifies that I'm on the right track. Congratulations and many more blessings to you as the first black master plumber. The fact that we are STILL celebrating accomplishments like this is why it needs to shared and acknowledged.
I'm not sure if Adrianne Bennett will see this but this touched me...in many ways. I've been in the mechanical construction industry for years and I've been dealt some pretty tough bs. And I still get it daily. I'm a woman and I've been plumbing for years and before that I was a sheetmetal worker. I'm sure I drove my family nuts by bitching how badly I was treated..and I was! I finally learned to accept it..and show them how I was..not tell them. Every man that has ever been intimidated by me simply because I've had more experience (and older) has treated me horribly. When I was an apprentice they treated me like (oh, isn't she cute...gonna be a plumber someday...pats top of my head) and even told me to "get your little hammer" seriously! And then we have women trying to prove themselves by posting all over IG and Facebook how cute they look...pathetic. I work my ass off and have for years..and have driven many miles to get to jobs that were way outside my comfort zone and was there on time only to wait for men who weren't. As a woman in the construction industry I have always had to be PERFECT and not screw up EVER. What is ok for a man is NOT ok for a woman
Adrienne, sorry you are not the first woman master plumber by about 70 years, my sister Lillian Ann Baumbach was the first woman master plumber back in 1951.
I was meant to find this field ans industry. As a Black woman in Detroit this solidifies that I'm on the right track. Congratulations and many more blessings to you as the first black master plumber. The fact that we are STILL celebrating accomplishments like this is why it needs to shared and acknowledged.
I'm not sure if Adrianne Bennett will see this but this touched me...in many ways. I've been in the mechanical construction industry for years and I've been dealt some pretty tough bs. And I still get it daily. I'm a woman and I've been plumbing for years and before that I was a sheetmetal worker. I'm sure I drove my family nuts by bitching how badly I was treated..and I was! I finally learned to accept it..and show them how I was..not tell them. Every man that has ever been intimidated by me simply because I've had more experience (and older) has treated me horribly. When I was an apprentice they treated me like (oh, isn't she cute...gonna be a plumber someday...pats top of my head) and even told me to "get your little hammer" seriously! And then we have women trying to prove themselves by posting all over IG and Facebook how cute they look...pathetic. I work my ass off and have for years..and have driven many miles to get to jobs that were way outside my comfort zone and was there on time only to wait for men who weren't. As a woman in the construction industry I have always had to be PERFECT and not screw up EVER. What is ok for a man is NOT ok for a woman
Awesome, wish they did residential
Cool
Adrienne, sorry you are not the first woman master plumber by about 70 years, my sister Lillian Ann Baumbach was the first woman master plumber back in 1951.
I think she meant to say she was the first Black woman master plumber