Women in 1900's

I read an article about women's rights vs. the right of men becoming firefighters. A firefighter has been viewed more as a man's job and not something women would commonly do. In 1977, the New York City Department allowed women the opportunity to take the exam in which they had to pass in order to become a firefighter (Holton 43). To their surprise approximately 400 women had passed the written part of this exam (Holton 43). It wasn't until five years later when they revised the exam and 42 women had successfully passed and became the first women firefighters (Holton 43). This struggle for women of being able to take part in a male dominant job wasn't easy in the 1900's. Men were becoming aggressively upset and would often try anything they could possibly do to keep women away from "their" jobs. I feel this discrimination against women is awful. Women are just as human as men are. Thus, women should be treated with respect of that equal to of men. Women weren't trying to take over the jobs of men, but instead only trying to help and achieve acknowledgement that they truly deserved as much as the men did during this time.


Source:
       Holton, Sandra S. Feminism and Democracy: Women's Sufferage and Reform Politics in Britain, 1990-1918. 1986. Google Scholar. Google. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.