Glamour Women of the Year Issue: Inside Three Work Spaces Made for Women, by Women
The Philly Auto Clinic run by “Shecanics”
When Patrice Banks decided to create a safe space for women to work on cars, she didn’t even know how to change a tire. “I was an auto airhead. And because I didn’t know much, I always felt taken advantage of by mechanics,” she says. In 2016, after dedicating four years to learning her trade, she opened Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.