Working hard and having the moxie to take on a big renovation job and defying stereotypes is what it takes to be America’s Moxiest Working Woman.
America’s Moxiest Work Woman
‘On weekends, I kick off the heels for work boots and a tool belt’
Truro Daily News
Are you America’s Moxiest Work Woman?
If you ask Tatamagouche native Maggie Stewart, the answer would be a resounding yes.
“It was a bit of a shocker,” said Stewart, a 27-year-old who now lives in Windsor Junction. “It’s still a bit surreal that I actually won.”
Stewart, who stands at 5’2″, discovered on Thursday that she won the Moxiest Woman contest she entered through Moxie Trades, a company that specializes in work apparel for women. She found out after ‘liking’ the Moxie Trades page on social media network Facebook and saw it posted.
“I didn’t know what my competition was, so I didn’t know what my chances were. I was feeling confident in myself, but sometimes we often doubt ourselves.”
Following her high school graduation in 2002, Stewart moved to Halifax to attend university.
She bought her first home, in Truro, just two years later.
That’s where Stewart’s story begins.
“I was sort of forced into it,” she said of learning how to do renovations and fix things. “I knew that I had wanted to take on a project and when I was looking at buying a house, I realized that’s where the opportunity lies.”
Working for Rogers Communication during the week left only weekends for Stewart to delve into her renovation project.
“I wear high heels from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and on weekends, I kick off the heels for work boots and a tool belt.”
Stewart’s introduction into the company was when she bought a pair of pink Moxie Trades work boots.
“I had been wearing them for a while and didn’t really think anything of it, but then I went online and started researching Moxie Trades.”
She said learning about the company’s owner hit close to home, with Marissa McTasney sounding much like Stewart.
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