On A Positive Note: Black Women Firefighters Make History as First Female Captains

<div class="block">Two Black Connecticut women have made history becoming the first female captains of the Bridgeport Fire Department. Capt. Monique Pettyway-Moore and Capt. Necole Dundy Pittman joined &#39;On A Positive Note&#39; to talk about the historic achievement and how they were able to trailblaze such a path. </div>

On a Positive Note

Not only does our next heartwarming story shine a spotlight on our first responders but it's an ode to girl power too. Two female firefighters out of Connecticut have just made history. Take a look. I am a firefighter, two Bridgeport firefighters, Nicole Dundee Pitman on the right and Monique Pet Moore taking a historic step forward today together crossing a threshold and breaking a glass ceiling at the same time, both are veteran lieutenants who have now become captains, the first females in the history of this department ever to do so. This is a moment to be proud of and I understand the magnitude of my achievement. It's meaningful because there's never been women as captains, both captains, thanking their mentor in Anderson, the department's first female lieutenant. And I'm grateful that I was the one that was called to open the door. I congratulate these young ladies. Both women have worked extremely hard because nothing comes easy. They have become, I think today, not only captains but an inspiration, people are watching them all the time and they are held at a higher standard than anybody else. Actually growing up as a child. I never had a desire to enter the fire service as a mom raising two brown girls. I know how important it is for them to have a positive, influential, successful role model in their lives that was raised by my grandmother on the east end and me being raised by my grandmother, I think prepared me for the position and role that I'm in. Now. We're working with our brothers who have never worked with female captains. So it's important just for our department to see us and to realize that we are here, we now manage firehouses. Now a day to reflect upon a role, they both reached climbing to a rung on their fire department ladder. No woman has ever touched before. It's a proud moment. It really is. I work really, really hard to get here.