The State - News from Aug. 10, 1989
The San Francisco Fire Department swore in 18 new lieutenants, including Anne M. Young, the department’s first woman officer. Young, 28, was one of the first seven women to become firefighters in San Francisco in 1987. Previously, she served two years as a firefighter in Daly City. Besides Young, the new officers sworn in included five minority men--two blacks, two Latinos and a Filipino. Young was hired under the provisions of a court order ending years of discrimination in San Francisco fire houses. Until the case was settled, the department was 100% male and 85% white.
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