Draft:Debra Pross
Debra Ann Pross c. 1958 was hired as the first female firefighter in the Milwaukee Fire Department.
Early life[edit]
Debra Pross was born c. 1958.[1]
Career[edit]
in 1982 Pross graduated from the Fire Academy.[2] In 1983 Pross was hired as the first female Milwaukee firefighter.[3][4]
In a 1983 Associated Press article Pross stated that the training was "tough, real tough... I told myself I wasn't going to quit." After the ten week training course Pross and a male candidate failed to meet certain standards and both were given a four week extension. Beginning in 1978 there were 23 women who attended the academy but Pross was the first to graduate as a firefighter.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Debra Pross was married to a a Milwaukee bartender named Jeffry Pross.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Milwaukee Adds First Woman Firefighter". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Associated Press. 15 January 1983.
- ^ "City of Milwaukee City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Fire and Police Commission Commission" (PDF). Milwaukee. Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission 2. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Milwaukee Fire Department". University of Wisconsin. Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ Mutza, Wayne (2013). The Flame Within: Memoir of a Firefighter. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 77. ISBN 978-0786472765. Retrieved 3 July 2023.