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\"BarbieWelder\"When I was entering junior high school, I had a choice:  Home Ec or Shop (which included welding).  I chose Shop.<\/p>\n

My guidance counselor, however, chose otherwise.  “All the girls take Home Ec,” he said.<\/p>\n

So like most young girls of the 70s I learned to sew a wrap-around skirt and make jello salad.  Two skills I have never had the need for nor were they a pathway to a good career.<\/p>\n

If I knew then what I know now, that  Title IX means schools have to offer the same opportunities to boys and girls<\/a>, and that learning to use power tools could have led to a decent career, I might have stood up for myself. I would have told that gruff old geezer of a counselor to stuff it.<\/p>\n

What I know now is that it doesn’t have to be a choice.  Brittany Kerr may have preferred welding rods to Barbies, but that’s not always the case. We’ve featured many women for the New Rosies column <\/a>who like girly things, and like welding too.<\/p>\n

Whatever your preference, check out this article, “Barbies? No! But Welding Rods? Yes! by Crystal Dey:<\/p>\n

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HIBBING \u2014 While other girls were playing with Barbies, Brittany Kerr was sparking welding rods. She dreamed of working in Minnesota\u2019s iron ore mines when she grew up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to be a welder in the mines since I was really young,\u201d Kerr said.<\/p>\n

She remembers learning to weld in her father\u2019s garage at an early age. Brittany\u2019s dad, C.J. Kerr, a welder\/fabricator, and her uncle, Jim Aimonetti, also a welder, were major influences in her decision to pursue trades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t hang out with a lot of girls in high school or do typical girly things,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cI always wanted to just be in the trades or the industrial field.\u201d<\/p>\n

After high school, Kerr pursued her dream and enrolled in the Industrial Systems Technology (IST) program at Hibbing Community College (HCC). Although, the future she once envisioned as a little girl changed.  Continue reading at the Hibbing Daily Tribune–><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

For the record, I love Barbie\u00ae and over the years she has really expanded her role. She has been everything from aerobics instructor to paleontologist,  has served as a Canadian Mountie, police officer, fire fighter, teacher, and lifeguard, drove for NASCAR, has been a chef and a computer engineer, served in all four branches of the military, and as ambassador for world peace (and much more)<\/a>.  Sadly,  though pictured above with a welding helmet, Barbie\u00ae has never been a welder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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