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Yes, we are mothers, wives, nurses and teachers, but we're also engineers, rocket scientists and neurophysicists.

— Trudy Morgan Trudy Morgan: a believer in hard hats and lipstick (2019)

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Suffice to say, I finished my engineering degree and started working as an engineer in London in 1989, and have done so ever since.

Trudy Morgan: a believer in hard hats and lipstick (2019)

Fast forward to 2011 and I moved back to Sierra Leone to build the first five-star hotel in the country, with funding raised by Sierra Leoneans and a company, IDEA UK, owned by Sierra Leoneans.

Trudy Morgan: a believer in hard hats and lipstick (2019)

My parents are both one of eight children, which tells you how many aunts and uncles and cousins I have, and who, by virtue of their link to me through family, have a "right" over me!

Trudy Morgan: a believer in hard hats and lipstick (2019)

I studied engineering because my father and I agreed that my aim to be a singer/dancer/actress could come after I had one degree under my belt.

Trudy Morgan: a believer in hard hats and lipstick (2019)

As a believer in hard hats and lipstick, I hope that everyone will realise that from an early age, we should allow our children (boys and girls) to be the best they can be and not put anyone, especially our girls, in a box.

Trudy Morgan: a believer in hard hats and lipstick (2019)

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