Women in The MFD
According to the International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services, Minneapolis has the highest proportion of women firefighters, among large departments, in the nation with 17%. In 2005 the MFD had the first openly lesbian fire chief in Bonnie Bleskachek, chief from 2005 to 2006, when she was forced to resign over allegations of assault, sexual harassment, and abuse of power.
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“There is a striking dichotomy between the behavior of many women in their lives at work and in their lives as mothers. Many of the same women who are battling stereotypes on the job, who are up against unspoken assumptions about the roles of men and women, seem to accept—and in their acceptance seem to reinforce—these roles at home with both their sons and their daughters.”
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