Careers in the construction trades can provide high earnings and good benefits, often through a learn-while-you-earn apprenticeship. In 2020, more than 300,000 women worked in the trades--the largest number ever. Yet while their numbers are growing, women still make up fewer than one in twenty of workers in construction occupations. This report draws on the voices and experiences of 2,635 tradeswomen and non-binary tradespeople who answered the 2021 Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) Tradeswomen's Retention and Advancement Survey. The report discusses what factors help and hinder tradeswomen's advancement in the trades, describes what it is like to be a parent in the trades, and reports on the perspectives of women apprentices. The report highlights changes that are required to help the construction industry build and sustain a skilled workforce that reflects the population of the 21st century.