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Myrna Wright, 1st woman to be hired as bus driver in NYC

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1975 February 22.
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  1. African Americans
  2. Bus Drivers
  3. Employment
  4. Firsts
  5. New York
  6. New York (State)
  7. Photographic Prints
  8. Women
  9. Wright, Myrna

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