Recently, when asked to train a female firefighter I didn’t know much about, I found myself wincing. It’s not an abnormal reaction to wonder what kind of assignment you’re about to be handed.

(U.S. General Services Administration via Courthouse News) CHICAGO (CN) — The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday weighed whether Wisconsin's capital city systematically discouraged women ...

They were the only female firefighters permanently stationed there ... and Draycott walked into their dorm on July 7, 2009, to find death threats written on the walls in black marker. "'Niggar lover' ...