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Brenda Berkman is a pioneering female firefighter in New York City, where women make up just half a per cent of the city's firefighters. It's a small figure, but not that long ago, women were not even allowed to apply for the job. Brenda was determined to join the ranks. Colm Flynn met her, and found out about the extraordinary discrimination she had to overcome. Image: Brenda Berkman, New York City's first woman firefighter. Credit: Colm Flynn