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East Riding Constabulary policewomen at the resignation of WPC J N King 1955 (archive ref POL-3-11-3-10)

from East Riding Archives

  • 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.

Chicago Policewomen (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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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.