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History of women in policing
history of women in policing, prominent and first women police, organizations, and issues

In the US, in 1970 only 2% of all police were female; by 1991, 9% of all police were female.

Women permitted to join beginning in early 20th century, but often restricted to office, street-crossing guards (as memorably portrayed in charlie's angels), and restricted from "patrol"; a distinction seen today in the US military's combat restrictions on women.

Notable women in history of of women in policing

 * - 1905 first documented appt of a woman with police powers (ref Peyser 1985)
 * Margaret Q. Adams - first female deputy sheriff in the US when joined LA Sheriff's Dept in 1912
 * Alice Stebbins Wells - first female police officer, hired by LAPD, 1910, Sept. 12
 * Georgia Ann Robinson, first African-American female police officer, hired by the LAPD in 1916.

status today

 * modern statistics
 * significant dicrimination persists, often in comb with racial discrimination

notable women in current policing

 * any female chiefs etc

research on efficacy / gender differences in policing

 * Women Police Officers & the Use of Coercion, http://www.haworthpress.com/store/E-Text/View_EText.asp?a=3&fn=J012v15n03_05&i=3%2F4&s=J012&v=15

Policewomen in the media

 * Charlie's Angels
 * The X-Files (Scully)
 * Police Woman
 * Cagney and Lacey

organizations

 * International Assn of Women Police (IAWP), http://www.iawp.org/

national

 * National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, NAWLEE, http://www.nawlee.com/
 * Natl Center for women & Policing, http://www.womenandpolicing.org/
 * Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE), http://www.wifle.com/
 * National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (NIWTTS), http://www.womenpolice.com/index.html
 * Policewomen's Endowment Assn
 * National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement

regional and state

 * Mid-Atlantic Assn of Women in Law Enforcement (MAAWLE), http://www.maawle.org/
 * Women Police Officers Assn of California, http://wpoaca.com
 * Connecticut Association of Women Police, http://www.cawp.net/

European

 * British Assn for Women in Policing, http://www.bawp.org/
 * Assn for Belgian Policewomen, http://www.amazone.be/residents_policieres.html
 * European Network of Policewomen (ENP), http://www.enp.nl/

Australasian

 * Australian Council of Women and Policing, Inc. (ACWAP), http://www.auspol-women.asn.au/