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It’s ‘the challenge of doing something we’d never been encouraged to do’

For ten years, the Rutherford County Women Roofers have been defying expectations by repairing roofs throughout the South, including homes in Katrina-ravaged Mississippi. Under the direction of Executive Director Nell Bovender, the program has expanded to include over 100 women ready to do what was once considered man’s work—ripping up and repairing roofs