The British Policewoman
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The Crowood Press Ltd
Published:1st Oct '14
Should be back in stock very soon
Here, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of drama, intrigue and humour, it also captures, through well-authenticated primary material, the colour and manner of the times. Remarkable women abound in this book, from the wealthy and eccentric Margaret Damer Dawson to the excitement-hungry ex-suffragette Mary Allen; and from the alluring but ill-starred Mrs Stanley to the tireless Mrs Peto. A few famous faces like Winston Churchill, Lady Astor and Adolf Hitler also feature, as does the women police's arch-enemy: the magistrate Frederick Mead. The pressure for the appointment of women police began well before World War I. Anti-white-slave traffic organizations felt they would help to stem the flow of prostitutes to and from Europe and suffragettes wanted them to ensure fairer treatment for women from the police and courts of law. But it was the Great War that gave them a launching pad for their battle. Early policewomen fought much public and police prejudice, wondering all the time how far to hold out for their ideals and how much to compromise for the sake of some official recognition; the eternal problem when breaking new ground. Their story, which was played out not only in the streets and courts of Great Britain and the House of Commons but in a defeated Germany and strife-torn 1920s Ireland, as well as in prohibition-era USA, ended in victory with their official integration into the force in the 1970s, but the battle did not end there, as our story shows...
'Joan Lock has produced another winner, one that cannot fail to fascinate.' London Police Pensioner Magazine 'An intriguing read for anyone interested in social history and those who value the sacrifices that were made by those early pioneers of policing.' Friends of the Metropolitan Police Collection The first real attempt at providing a chronological account of the complicated events and stories behind those working to get women involved in police work from the early years of the twentieth century...this new edition was planned to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of women in the Metropolitan Police. Police History Society newsletter 83 - March 2015
ISBN: 9780719814228
Dimensions: 217mm x 139mm x 19mm
Weight: 344g
256 pages