"Outsider within" the firehouse: African American and white women firefighters

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-36

  Yoder, Janice D ^b   Berendsen, Lynne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 0035285160     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-6402.00004     Document Type: Article

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