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When did women begin serving as firefighters?

Retry Correct Incorrect With just 7% of firefighters being women, it might come as a surprise that women have been serving as firefighters as early as the 1800s. Molly Williams was the first female to fight fires alongside men.

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J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images

J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images

When did women begin serving as firefighters?

• 1736
• 1972
• 1815
• 1986