Author

Publication

2014 - McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

95,000 words, Guess

Page Count

380 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCHV8023.S44 2014
  • LCCHV8023 .S44 2014

Description

"Women in policing have seen three phases of acceptance. Beginning in about 1880, they were admitted as police matrons with extremely limited duties. Next they were accepted as policewomen around 1910-1916, when that title was officially bestowed on them. Finally came assignment of females as general duty officers in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Not coincidentally, an active women's movement was the driving force behind all three phases. As women in policing went from matrons to regular officers, they faced harassment and discrimination that only worsened as they neared equality. Many still face it today." -- Back cover.

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