Buddhist fire chaplain joins esteemed list of “first women”
From the Westmoreland Gazette:
Jacquetta Gomes is the world’s first ever female Buddhist Fire Chaplain and her milestone achievement has been recorded by academic Carrie de Silva in her inventory of eminent women. The listings include such luminaries as Noble Prize winning scientist Marie Curie, fashion designer Coco Chanel, first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova and even two pigeons who earned medals for wartime gallantry.