page_title: Mina Van Winkle
hierarchical_section_title: Mina Van Winkle
caption_attribution_description: English: Mrs. Mina C. van Winkle of Newark, New Jersey, in uniform of Food Administration. She was president of Woman's Political Union of New Jersey 8 years and is now head of Lecture Bureau of Food Administration., ca. 1917 - ca. 1918
context_page_description: Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle was a crusading social worker, suffragist, and groundbreaking police lieutenant. From 1919 until her death in 1933, she led the Women's Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and became a national leader in the protection of girls and other women during the law enforcement and judicial process. Her provocative statements about gender and morality in the jazz age brought her further national attention.
context_section_description: Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle (March 26, 1875 – January 16, 1933) was a crusading social worker, suffragist, and groundbreaking police lieutenant. From 1919 until her death in 1933, she led the Women's Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (in Washington D.C.), and became a national leader in the protection of girls and other women during the law enforcement and judicial process. Her provocative statements about gender and morality in the jazz age brought her further national attention.
caption: Van Winkle, in Food Administration uniform, promoting victory gardening in World War I