Did women ever work on roads or coal mines?

Both YES and A BIG No. YES, Women are allowed in the underground mines for practical training purpose, visiting purpose (not everyone for visiting, only the near and far relatives of the employees and a few with the special permission). read more

Yes. I see women working on road construction jobs, and I know plenty of women who work in mining jobs of all kinds. I work in a mine, though it isn’t a coal mine. read more

women in respect of any mine or class or description of mine, so however that no employment of any woman between the hours 10 pm and 5 am is permitted thereby. Mining is hazardous, laborious and strenuous job. read more

Pam Hall, whose husband Melvin is also a miner (but has been out of work for two years following a mine closing and a work-related injury), has been mining for nine years to help her support her family. read more