Tag: Joanne Middaugh

Darby Fire Company's women firefighters (from left) Joanne Middaugh, JoAnna Billings, Aubrey Lehman and Mary Ann Bradford.

Women Firefighters Answer the Call at Darby Fire Company

The first record of American women firefighters was in 1818 when Molly Williams, a black enslaved woman and a cook for the Oceanus Engine Co…