Public Safety Civil Service Commission women firefighters project records, 1976-1977.

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Public Safety Civil Service Commission women firefighters project records, 1976-1977.

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Correspondence; memoranda; reports; and news articles relating to the recruitment, training, and physical testing of prospective women firefighters.

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Seattle Municipal Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6910981

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Doolittle, T. Lee

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Beers, Bonnie

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Seattle (Wash.). Public Safety Civil Service Commission

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The Civil Service Commission was established in 1896 to oversee the Civil Service Department, which administered the City's personnel system, including the fire and police forces, laborers, inspectors, and clerical, electrical, and library workers. The commissioners classified city services and employees, coordinated and administered physical, medical, and competence examinations, dealt with appointments, promotions, and removals, and conducted investigations in the event of an empl...

Seattle (Wash.). Civil Service Commission

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In 1975, Seattle mayor Wes Uhlman and the City Council ordered the Seattle Fire Dept. to begin hiring women as firefighters. Seattle Personnel/Civil Service, the Fire Dept., and the International Association of Firefighters began recruiting women and minorities for firefighting work. However, of forty-five women who applied, only nine were able to pass the physical examination, and none of the seven who entered the recruit class completed the program. Physical ability and mechanical ability were...

Seattle (Wash.). Fire Dept.

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