1.0StoryCorpshttps://storycorps.orgSteven Editorhttps://storycorps.org/author/steven-editor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sABJA5Jt3p"><a href="https://storycorps.org/stories/monica-harwell-and-andrea-cleveland-150814/">Andrea Cleveland and Monica Harwell</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://storycorps.org/stories/monica-harwell-and-andrea-cleveland-150814/embed/#?secret=sABJA5Jt3p" width="600" height="338" title="“Andrea Cleveland and Monica Harwell” — StoryCorps" data-secret="sABJA5Jt3p" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://storycorpsorg-staging.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/harwell_landscape.jpg600400In 1991, Monica Harwell became the first woman to climb electric utility poles for ConEdison in New York. As a line constructor, her job was to install power lines dozens of feet in the air. She worked alongside men whose families had been working on the lines for generations. At StoryCorps, Monica (right) tells her […]