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Gr 1-4–Williams was a cook for New York City’s volunteer Fire Company 11 in the early 1800s. When a snowstorm and influenza threatened to cripple the firefighters’ efforts, the African American woman fled her kitchen as the first church bells announced a fire nearby. She alerted the runners to gather buckets and volunteers, fetched water from the river, pumped the engine, sprayed the blazing wooden house, and “pulled down chunks of burning roo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

African American servant cook Molly Williams became the first known woman firefighter; this biographical snippet starts slowly but gains some momentum as...Log In or Sign Up to Read More