Arborists in Mind and Body
After proposing to write an article on this topic, I found I felt unqualified to write about women in tree care. That feeling of inability is not uncomfortable for me; I’ve made a career by abandoning comfort to gain experience. As any veteran arborist can attest, expertise is earned, but the most successful know that […]
A Turning Point for Women in Tree Care
If we were to assess the status of women in the tree care industry in their view, it would boil down toa) women now are an established, integral part of the industry and are growing more so every day; b) they largely have grown way past the stage of being a novelty and needing acceptance […]
Independent Tree Helps Keep Suffrage Alive
The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. The effort finally succeeded with passage of the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1919. A group of Ohio women from the South Newbury Woman’s Suffrage and Political Club took part in […]
Women’s Climbing Event Spins Off at Davey Tree
It started with me planning a small, recreational climbing day with a few women from Davey Tree in the Twin Cities area. It ended with 40 women getting together in Chicago, empowering and supporting each other – as well as doing a bunch of climbing. My inspiration for this event was a weekend in Massachusetts […]
Humans in Tree Care: A Few Thoughts on the Women in Tree Care Forum
I realize this article may be slightly controversial, but I think this magazine needs that right now, especially after how the Women in Tree Care Forum at TCI EXPO blew up. People are ready for it. This is my opinion. If I had to title it, I would call it, “Women in Tree Care: Humans […]