Molly Williams

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Molly Williams ( bl. 1818 ) is considered the first known female firefighter in the United States of America .

As a slave she belonged to the household of the New York merchant Benjamin Aymar, who was active as a volunteer firefighter in Oceanus Engine Company # 11 . At first only employed as a cook in the fire station, after a short time she accompanied the men of the train on missions. Its use in 1818 in a blizzard that struck New York was best known here . The men in the unit were weakened by a flu epidemic, and Williams pulled the unit's pump to the scene almost alone.

It was not until 1982 that there should be women firefighters at the New York Fire Department again . Brenda Berkman first had to sue New York State.

literature

  • Dianne Ochiltree, "Molly, by Golly !: The Legend of Molly Williams, America's First Female Firefighter," Calkins Creek, September 1, 2012, ISBN 978-1-59078-721-2

swell

  1. ↑ "Herstory: Women in Firefighting" at www.unitedwomenfirefighters.org, accessed on January 26, 2017
  2. ^ Ginger Adams Otis: "New York's First Black Firefighters" (English) at www.thehistoryreader.com, accessed on January 26, 2017
  3. ↑ "Women in Firefighting: A Brief History" at www.i-women.org, accessed on January 26, 2017
  4. ^ Ginger Adams Otis: "Molly Williams, a black woman and a slave, fought fires years before the FDNY was formed was a pioneer for fellow female smoke-eaters" (English) at www.nydailynews.com on April 26, 2015, accessed on January 26, 2017
  5. ↑ Robin Morgan, "Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium," 331, Washington Square Press, March 5, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7434-6627-1
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Molly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American firefighter
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 19th century