RM | NEIGHBORS A lady ON THE LINE Kimberly Bradshaw makes history as State Tech's fi rst woman lineworker by Jim McCarty | jmccarty@ruralmissouri.coop K Kimberly Bradshaw says she loves to climb and enjoys the view from the top of the pole as the fi rst woman lineworker in State Tech's Electrical Distribution Systems program. imberly Bradshaw had no idea she was breaking new ground the day she toured State Technical College of Missouri. " I came here and I toured after I got accepted, " she says. " The guide at the end of the tour said, 'You do know that this is a big deal for us, don't you?' And I was like, 'What are you talking about?' He goes, 'You are the fi rst ever accepted and that is a big deal for us.' So, then I got really nervous because, what if I don't do really good? I'm the only girl and they are never going to accept another girl again. " Kimberly became the fi rst woman accepted into State Tech's Electrical Distrib ution Systems program when she enrolled in 2021, which means she will be