policewomen

3 photos tagged policewomen, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1913

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Dave Conner said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Police History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
swanq said:
See NYT of August 6, 1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E7DC163DE633A... "CHICAGO, Aug. 5. -- Eight of Chicago's newly appointed policewomen took the oath of office to-day ..."
swanq said:
See hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/ichicdn.n060955 for a photo of the same group from the Chicago Daily News. That picture was published on August 5, 1913.
nextstar14 said:
The photo of the policewomen in the Library of Congress is something I never since before. I did not think that doing the 1900s women would have a tough and dangerous job as a policewomen. This photo really did surprise me a lot.
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
swanq: Thanks for the information. Finding the same photograph over in the Chicago Daily News collection is particularly helpful! We will expand this caption information when we update.

jamica1 said:
I find interesting the term "policewoman" which sounds North American to my ears, rather than WPC.
East Riding Archives said:
jamica1 Thanks for commenting jamica1, interesting point. We've altered the title to include "WPC", which we think makes it look better, so thanks for flagging this up.