Julia Murray, Ironworker: What’s Attractive About Joining An All-Male Profession?

Iron Woman

What’s attractive and challenging about joining an all-male field.

By Elori Kramer

Video: http://www.slate.com/articles/video/video/2015/03/female_iron_worker_meet_one_of_new_york_s_only_two_female_iron_workers.html

She works on New York’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge, where death stands offstage waiting for an ill-timed cue. In the video above, meet a woman who is part of the 4 percent of female ironworkers in the nation. Julia Murray is an artist, a jewelry maker, and a death-defying welder.

Correction, March 2, 2015: The headline to this video originally misstated that there are only two female iron workers in New York. There are many.

Elori Kramer is a freelance video producer and editor based in Brooklyn. See more of her work here.