Hasidic Women Shatter the Glass Ceiling - Brooklyn's first All Female EMS Corps.

3,870 views · Published 22 April 2018 · 2:01 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: JewishLife · 2018 · People & Blogs

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In a Hasidic enclave in Brooklyn, there are seemingly endless services tailored for the community—stores in Yiddish, school buses and even a dedicated EMS. Yet the corps is made up entirely of men, and one group of women wants to change that. On a mission to start the city's first all-female volunteer EMS corps, these women are set on shattering the glass ceiling in the unlikeliest of communities.

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