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Monday, July 23, 2007

1918: TRENTON POLICE WOMEN

I ASSUMED THAT POLICE WOMEN WERE A LATE 20TH CENTURY THING! HERE WE HAVE A POLICEWOMAN FROM 1918 TRENTON.

1 comment:

Moe Crosby said...

Hello Tom,
Just browsing the site and came across this post. As the article says, the first Female officer was Hannah Long, appointed in 1916. I did a write-up about Hannah Long in the PBA 11 Centennial Ball program in 2007.

Page 13:

http://trentonpdhistory.org/Misc_Reports/2007_PBA11_centennial_ball/

Great work. Much appreciated!
Moe