Historic Black Electrician Teaches Drew How to Install Motion Light Switch | Wildflower

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Tonya Hicks disguised her gender for credibility: "Usually when they find out you're a woman you get paid less."

Tonya Hicks, among the first few African-American Women to be accepted into the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in the State of Mississippi, explains to Drew how she fell in love with her career as a journeyman wireman despite obvious gender bias and teaches her how to install a motion detector light switch!