Record details

• ISBN: 9781613734223
• ISBN: 1613734220
• Physical Description: ix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Edition: First edition
• Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Breaking into Jail: The Early Matrons 5 -- Defying Denver's Powerful / Sadie Likens Likens, Sadie 8 -- City Mother / Aletha Gilbert Gilbert, Aletha 18 -- Part II "Copettes" No Longer: Policewomen 29 -- Saving Face / Isabella Goodwin Goodwin, Isabella 32 -- Breaking Color Lines / Grace Wilson Wilson, Grace 44 -- No Career for a Lady / Mary Sullivan Sullivan, Mary 55 -- Part III Difference a Word Can Make: Police Officers 69 -- A Love Story / Moira Smith Smith, Moira 72 -- Changing Course / Julia Grimes Grimes, Julia 82 -- Part IV All Hail: Police Chiefs 97 -- A Woman with a Beautiful Soul / Rhoda Milliken Milliken, Rhoda 99 -- A Relentless Pioneer / Penny Harrington Harrington, Penny 111 -- An Impassable Woman / Jody Kasper Kasper, Jody 122 -- Part V Getting into Government: Federal Agents 133 -- Using Psychology to Catch Criminals / Rosanne Russo Russo, Rosanne 135 -- FBI Mother-Daughter Special Agents / Ethel, Mario McGuire McGuire, Mario 145 -- Part VI Majority Rules: Police Scientists 159 -- Turning Crime Scenes into a Science / Frances Glessner Lee Lee, Frances Glessner 161 -- Empowering Victims of Violent Crime / Lois Gibson Gibson, Lois 173 -- "First of All, I Had to Learn English" / Cristina Pino Pino, Cristina 182.

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Policewomen > United States > Case studies.
Law enforcement > United States.

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Case studies.