Preview
Identifier
20159532
Description
Image shows Konnie Lee Elder, third of three women fire fighter trainees, shown standing amongst unidentified objects in fire department. Elder is a former volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician at Keystone Resort in Colorado. They are training to join the Fort Worth Fire Department. They have vowed to complete the 20-week training school. When they graduate they will eliminate, Fort Worth the last city in Texas without women on their firefighting force. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition July 29, 1982.
Archival Date
1982-07-29
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-7683
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Firefighters; Municipal employees
Names
Elder, Konnie Lee; Fort Worth Fire Department
Subjects
Firefighters; Municipal employees