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Book SynopsisHere, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of drama, intrigue and humour, it also captures, through well-authenticated primary material, the colour and manner of the times. Remarkable women abound in this book, from the wealthy and eccentric Margaret Damer Dawson to the excitement-hungry ex-suffragette Mary Allen; and from the alluring but ill-starred Mrs Stanley to the tireless Mrs Peto. A few famous faces like Winston Churchill, Lady Astor and Adolf Hitler also feature, as does the women police''s arch-enemy: the magistrate Frederick Mead. The pressure for the appointment of women police began well before World War I. Anti-white-slave traffic organizations felt they would help to stem the flow of prostitutes to and from Europe and suffragettes wanted them to ensure fairer treatment for women from the police and courts of law. But it was the Great War that gave them a launching pad for
Trade Review'Joan Lock has produced another winner, one that cannot fail to fascinate.' London Police Pensioner Magazine 'An intriguing read for anyone interested in social history and those who value the sacrifices that were made by those early pioneers of policing.' Friends of the Metropolitan Police Collection The first real attempt at providing a chronological account of the complicated events and stories behind those working to get women involved in police work from the early years of the twentieth century...this new edition was planned to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of women in the Metropolitan Police. Police History Society newsletter 83 - March 2015
