Jill S. Tietjen is an author, national speaker and an electrical engineer. After more than 45 years in the electric utility industry, she now speaks nationally on the accomplishments of women, nominates women for awards, and continues to write books (10 published to date) – following in the footsteps of her bestselling and award-winning books, Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America as well as Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies. She was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 2010 and in 2019 she was inducted into the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame.

Social Media Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-tietjen-a0789a9/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Tietjen

https://www.jilltietjen.com/

Video Timestamps:

0:00 – Guest Introduction

0:46 – Texas blackout

5:54 – Motivation for becoming an engineer

9:38 – Unknown discoveries of STEM women accomplishments

12:04 – How to avoid an echo chamber

15:03 – Surmounting obstacles

17:33 – Challenges of women in engineering

25:25 – Turning a setback into a future investment

31:11 – Guest contact information

-Edited by Scott Michael Media

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