The US needs 1m more electricians to hit climate goals. Can it recruit more women?

Women face barriers in the sector, including harassment and exclusionary unions, but they would help resolve a crucial labor shortage and could also help close the gender wage gap

As a child, Cora Saxton liked to make things - forts, whittled wood carvings, a flying saucer even - so when she became an electrician at 49, it felt like a perfect fit.

I like the puzzle-solving and being able to look back at the end of the day and see the physical result of your hard work," she said.