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Five More New Orleans Women Fighting Fires
Jan. 2, 2003
For Pekitha Green, it wasn't so much her gender that almost prevented her from becoming a firefighter, but an intense fear of flames and heights.
For Pekitha Green, it wasn't so much her gender that almost prevented her from becoming a firefighter, but an intense fear of flames and heights.
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