Fitting In at the Jobsite Starts With Work Boots That Fit

Women have proved for years that they can fill "man-size boots" in the construction industry. But when those big boots give them blisters or heel spurs, they have had nowhere to turn. Enter Woman Up, a construction clothing and safety-gear shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., recently launched by Deidre Douglas, a craftswoman who turned a workplace problem into a business.