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Submit your thoughts on TAKING THE HEAT: The First Women Firefighters of New York City.
We invite you to respond to the questions below or add your comments. Selected submissions will be posted on our Talkback page, so check back regularly and join the discussion.
- Why do you think certain members of the New York City Fire Department were resistant to including women? What was at stake?
- Has this film affected your opinion of firefighting as an occupation? If so, how?
- Feminist Gloria Steinem said, “ Brenda Berkman worked where she was hated, so that other women could work where they belonged.” Do you agree that women “belong” in dangerous or “traditionally male” jobs?
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