Meurthe-et-Moselle. "We were the first women on the construction sites, but surprisingly, it went very well," confides Catherine Grand-Perret, a construction engineer.

Catherine Grand-Perret, head of the Eastern after-sales service department for Bouygues' north-eastern building in Nancy, has been thriving as an engineer for a quarter of a century... But while this Thionville native has an inspiring career path that has earned her the title of patron of the Elles bougent association, she has also been able to measure through her experience the extent to which it is sometimes necessary to fight against stereotypes.

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