Women's Police Volunteers

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September 1914: Two women's police forces were formed: the...

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September 1914

Two women's police forces were formed: the Women's Police Volunteers and the Women Patrols .
Levine, Philippa. “Walking the Streets in a Way No Decent Woman Should: Women Police in World War I”. Journal of Modern History, Vol.
66
, No. 1, Mar. 1994, pp. 34-78.
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Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
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Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
40, 42
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopædia Britannica. 12th ed., Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1922, 3 vols.
3: 1044-5

September 1914: Two women's police forces were formed: the...

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September 1914

Two women's police forces were formed: the Women's Police Volunteers and the Women Patrols .
Levine, Philippa. “Walking the Streets in a Way No Decent Woman Should: Women Police in World War I”. Journal of Modern History, Vol.
66
, No. 1, Mar. 1994, pp. 34-78.
39
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
32
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
40, 42
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopædia Britannica. 12th ed., Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1922, 3 vols.
3: 1044-5

November 1914: The Women's Police Volunteers, formed by...

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November 1914

The Women's Police Volunteers , formed by Margaret Damer Dawson , received their first assignment, for the British Army , a few months after forming.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

February 1915: Margaret Damer Dawson formed the Women's...

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February 1915

Margaret Damer Dawson formed the Women's Police Service after the Women's Police Volunteers disagreed over its level of cooperation with male police and the military surveillance of women.
Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopædia Britannica. 12th ed., Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1922, 3 vols.
3: 1045
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
40, 42

February 1915: Margaret Damer Dawson formed the Women's...

National or international item

February 1915

Margaret Damer Dawson formed the Women's Police Service after the Women's Police Volunteers disagreed over its level of cooperation with male police and the military surveillance of women.
Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopædia Britannica. 12th ed., Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1922, 3 vols.
3: 1045
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
40, 42

November 1915: Women's Police Volunteers were recognized...

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November 1915

Women's Police Volunteers were recognized by the Grantham Town Council as members of the local police force, becoming the first paid women police in local forces in Great Britain.
Allen, Mary S. The Pioneer Policewoman. AMS Press, 1973.
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