My mom was trained in school to rebuild engines. She's pretty good at it too. I remember coming home lots of times to find her rebuilding carburetors, or with

My mom was trained in school to rebuild engines. She's pretty good at it too. I remember coming home lots of times to find her rebuilding carburetors, or with a mess of wiring diagrams laid out all over the garage because she's trying to add some feature that was available on one model Toyota, but not her model. She'd buy old beaters, fix them up, and have my dad sell them for spare cash. She also taught me everything I know about home remodeling. Together, she and I basically gutted her home and remodeled it, including dealing with sagging outer walls, poor plumbing installation, electrical wiring, cabinetry, hanging doors/windows. Yet, she never managed to get a job in the field. In the 90s, people just didn't hire women to do these kinds of things.