Woman of Steel: Bettye Ridgley
on August 16, 2021
Bethlehem Steel, Bethlehem Steel Legacy Project, In the Community, Stories, Women of Steel
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Bettye Ridgley at an SEIU protest in the 1990s. By Clair Volkening Getting her start Bettye Ridgley began her journey at Sparrows Point in 1978 as a mechanical helper in the hot strip mill. “We were what you called ‘go-fors’. You know, we’d go for the tools, go for the coffee.” Four or five months later, Bettye was laid off from the mechanical unit. […]
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