About the Book

Seattle is the perfect backdrop to see the full history of women in uniform since it was one of the first cities to hire women in 1912, the first to promote a female to captain in 1946, and one of the first to put women on the street as equal beat cops in 1975. Told through the voices of 50 women on the Seattle Police Department and covers the challenges of sexism, size differences, harassment, crooks embarrassed to be caught by a woman, going undercover to capture an illegal abortionist in the days before Roe v. Wade, moving up the chain of command, why affirmative action isn't such a good idea, how there wasn't a feeling of camaraderie among the women hired.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 212 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Behler Publications

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 1933016566

Publication Date: Jul. 1st, 2009

ISBN-13: 9781933016566

Dimensions: 5.40 x 8.40 x 0.70 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.70 lbs

• Categories: Law Enforcement Biography & Autobiography General Women's Studies