What a very powerful story and what an encouraging message.

I liked the outcome, that in spite of every sign that told her to turn around and do a girl's job, Alicia refused and did what she wanted, consequences be damned, and succeeded. And that, in the end, she was doing a woman's job, fighting a fight that was uniquely a woman's and for a female cause and yet, in its quality, was so much like a job considered suitable for men. She used her father's words to her advantage.

Thank you for writing and sharing.