Reminiscences of Brenda Berkman : oral history, 2005.

Biographical Note

Captain, New York City Fire Department.

Scope and Contents

Born (1951) Asheville, NC; education: St. Olaf College, Indiana University, New York University Law School; career: lawyer, White House Fellow, New York City Fire Department [NYFD], President of Women in the Fire Service; NYFD: lawsuit over gender discrimination in entrance exam, harassment, job responsibilities prior to 9/11; 9/11: reporting to duty, assignments around Seven World Trade Center, lack of organization, description of destruction; post-9/11: discussion of masculine depiction of the firefighter 'hero', coping with death of colleagues, obtainment of rights for widowed and unmarried female partners, dependence on fellow firefighters, changes in fire department.

Subjects

• Albarelli, Gerry, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Berkman, Brenda--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.). Fire Department--Officials and employees--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Sex discrimination against women--New York (State)--New York.
• Women fire fighters--New York (State)--New York--Interviews.
• Women in the Fire Service (Organization)

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