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Female firefighters challenge Portsmouth's light-duty policy.
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Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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November 26, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 The Virginian-Pilot. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Jen Mccaffery
Nov. 26--PORTSMOUTH -- One of the things Jodie Howard has always liked about working with other firefighters i s the emphasis on family.
Last year, she and her husband, a firefighter in Virginia Beach, planned to have a baby. Howard worked in Portsmouth, but she knew other female firefighters who, while pregnant, had been accommodated with light- duty assignments.
"I didn't specifically ask if that was covered when I joined Portsmouth," said Howard, 32, who has worked there for three years. "I just assumed that it was."
She was wrong.
Portsmouth differs from other localities in South Hampton Roads in that city workers such as ...
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