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Archive Home > 2006 > October > 14 > A leap forward

A leap forward

Early female smoke jumpers look back at fiery experiences

By Penny Nakamura / The Bulletin
October 14, 2006

n the corporate world, it's called breaking through the glass ceiling when women get promoted to high-level jobs. For the first generation of women smoke jumpers in the U.S. Forest Service, it could be called literally breaking through the clouds.

"My whole career, it seems there were some....

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