Carla Williams presents Wildcat Women, Narratives of Women Breaking Ground in Alaska’s Oil and Gas Industry. The book, Wildcat Women documents the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska’s North Slope. It profiles 14 women while exploring an untold history of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. “These trailblazers faced down challenges on and off the job: they drove buses over ice roads through snowstorms; wrestled with massive pipes; and operated dangerous valves that put their lives literally in their hands; they also fought union hall red tape, challenged discriminatory practices, and fought for equal pay—and sometimes won”. Carla Williams, raised in Crosby, Minnesota, lived for forty years in Alaska. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from University of Alaska Fairbanks and spent most of her career working in Alaska’s oil and gas industry.