Firefighter Trains for Physical Exam

Maritza Robles is pictured training for the FDNY physical exam in 2000.  She (and other applicants) train with weights strapped to their back and chest, just as is during official testing.   

Read about how physical tests required to join the force were changed following legal action in LaborArts’ exhibit Women Firefighters in New York City.

Learn more about women in jobs that are historically male-dominated in LaborArts’ exhibit Sisters in the Brotherhoods.