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Breaking New Ground: Oil Boom Draws More Women to Industry

Even before she suits up in her overalls and laces up in steel toe boots to head out to a drilling rig, Linda Trujillo is breaking new ground as one of the pioneers of America's gold rush. The single mother of three says she first heard about the good paying jobs available in the oil fields from her older sister. Trujillo made the decision to quit her job at a fast food restaurant in New Mexico, and move her family to Kansas-- one of the states experiencing an oil boom. "I needed to make...Full Story
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