History in blue
Subtitle: 160 years of women police, sheriffs, detectives, and state troopers
By: Allan Duffin.
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.; Kaplan Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781607146261
Subjects: Policewomen -- United States -- History
Description: A social history of women in American law enforcement from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth century that chronicles their struggle for fair and equal treatment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Limited duties, little respect (1800s); title: The first policewomen (1900s-1910s); title: Social enforcers (1920s-1940s); title: The long uphill battle (1950s-1960s); title: Forced progress (1970s); title: Steady movement (1980s-2000s); title: Looking ahead.