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FireGirl


 
 
Woman in a MAN'S world
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on Apr 12, 2007 (Read 1606 times | Comments: 15)
I belong to a local fire department and know exactly what it feels like to be in a man's world. Things are improving but it has taken a lot of sticking up for myself and other women pulling together to improve things. I won a seat in the Board of Directors and making new policies to make it easier for other women to participate. What kinds of jobs or volunteer work do some of the other women on this site do?
cenmad
cenmad
on Mar 05, 2008 Quote  »     Reply  »

Just realized I let myself get side-tracked, and didn't answer the original poster's question. Things I do to promote women include being part of my local Women's Club (volunteer group doing charity work locally), and mentoring younger women in my profession. I've also been fortunate to work with some great older women, although my own mentor is a man -- simply because gender doesn't need to guide my choice anymore than it should guide theirs.
meltodd69
meltodd69
on Mar 30, 2008 Quote  »     Reply  »

I use to be a printer. All men and the boss told me day one he did not like women. But I learned from the best, my mom. She raised us two girls all by herself while welding for a living. She had been one for almost 40 years. I have her to thank for the attitude of anything you can do I can do better. Now I'm in taxes.
powerfm1
powerfm1
on Oct 01, 2008 Quote  »     Reply  »

I helped start a group in Cleveland called Hard Hatted Women of Cleveland, about 30 years ago. I had come to realize that women will never have a seat at the table until every woman was able to provide for her family without working 80 hours a week. Back then there weren't any policewomen or women fire fighters.

Women were still mostly segregated in the pink collar ghetto. We did scut work without equal pay and had the same capapabilities only different approaches to task execution.

I worked in women's employment rights all my career and am disheartened that we still have to fight.
ledwards
ledwards
on Oct 14, 2008 Quote  »     Reply  »

Kudos to you all! I was in the Army for eight years. There are some branches in the Army that consist of positions that only men can fill, but often a few women will be assigned to work with the men in staff positions. There are many men in these branches that will do their best to make women in these positions not appear to be up to par with male peers. I got pregnant while I was in a staff position of a "male" branch which was the most "feminine" thing I could do. My supervisors made a few under their breath remarks and attempted to act like they didn't understand why the doctor had a set of working limitations for pregnant women in that environment. But, sometimes you just have to deal with men, regardless of their intelligence level or their level of concern for other human beings.
Love2fly
Love2fly
on Oct 29, 2008 Quote  »     Reply  »

HELLO FIREFIGHTER, I too am in an all mans field, as a female I am now a Federal Aviation Safety Inspector, and the only woman with a maintenance background in our office, the only woman there are help staff. I get out and Inspect Airlines, Airplanes, and anything that flys. Hang in.
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