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FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE UNION IN NEW YORK
Posted by Charlotte on September 3, 2009
Tags: feminism, Oral History, Union, Video, Women and Work
I just wanted to share some video I made at a talk by author of Sisters in the Brotherhoods, Jane LaTour at the Women’s eNews office in New York.
JoAnn Jacobs also spoke at the event, she was one of the first black female firefighters in NY and had a great deal of her life to share with us – I captured three Q&A’s which shone a little light on being a woman in “a man’s world”
I left the event with a greater feeling of the importance of oral histories, especially amongst women because our histories – the stories of women who have come before us, those that would act as superb role models and inspirations – get lost and ignored by those who have the power to record and keep these words, much to our detriment.
Charlotte
Tags for this post:feminism, Oral History, Union, Video, Women and Work