History in Blue 160 Years of Women Police Sheriffs Detectives State Troopers eBook Allan T Duffin
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In 1893, Chicago's mayor gave Marie Owens the title of “patrolman,” even though she had no authority to walk a beat. She did “women's work” and was a patrolman in name only. Throughout her 30 years of service, she was never allowed to wear a uniform. It would take nearly a century for women to be able to join the police ranks as full-fledged officers. Even today, women comprise just 15 percent of the nation's nearly one million law enforcement officers.
Spanning 160 years, History in Blue is the first book to tell the riveting story of the uphill struggle for respect and recognition sustained by women in the modern police force. Featuring rare photographs and original interviews with pioneering female officers, this fascinating book chronicles the ongoing fight for equality in the world of law enforcement. In this vivid and remarkable history, Allan T. Duffin tells of the extraordinary women who broke down the barriers of gender so that they—and many generations of successors—could do the work they loved most.
History in Blue 160 Years of Women Police Sheriffs Detectives State Troopers eBook Allan T Duffin
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History in Blue 160 Years of Women Police Sheriffs Detectives State Troopers eBook Allan T Duffin Reviews
Introduction Allan Duffin weaved a fascinating historical survey with threads cast by women in blue who overcame culturally discriminating obstacles and strengthened the fabric of law enforcement professionals in the United States. History in Blue 160 Years of Women Police, Sheriffs, Detectives, and State Troopers captivates readers with over 675 references to situations, events, and results detailing challenges women faced as they became police matrons 19th century and rose to police chiefs in the 20th century. Just changing the name from policeman to police officer seems subtle, but is recognition of the great strides women made while achieving higher positions. The story ranges from the 1840's through Civil War, World Wars I and II, the civil and equal rights movements into our current 21st century debate over the legality of same-sex partnerships.
Content Review History in Blue... tells real events about actual police women clearing barriers in the male dominated field. It validates the cultural challenges women faced. Spanning the United States, from Hawaii to Maine; Alaska to Florida; north, east, south and west, these women wrote a page turning history. It reads fast like a John Grisholm or Joseph Wambaugh novel.
Early accounts as social enforcers separating overly aggressive young lovers, arresting mashers, spooners, and fox-trot dancers progressed through the long uphill battle of the 1950's-1970's and developed into prostitution stings, infiltrating drug rings, sending untold numbers of unsuspecting criminals behind bars. Civil and equal rights laws forced progress through the 1970's and 1980's putting women and race in a pressure cooker enforcing laws against dismissive and defiant men. Policemen's wives increased the pressure with their concerns over policewomen riding shifts with their husbands. Height and weight entry issues, uniforms, bullet-proof vest, and hand gun size - all of these and more reflect the arduous steady movement from more polite times to the brutally blunt current times in 2009. Allan Duffin energized a passive historical review into a tightly packed survey for general readers to learn more about the challenges and contributions women make to the law enforcement profession.
Page after page recount limited duties and little respect to growing acceptance and earned respect. Allan Duffin crystallizes each woman's challenge and contribution by using their names that breaths life to the events and respect to the woman. Beth Bradbury's account from Idaho recalled the six foot "mark on the door frame...If you were shorter that that, they wouldn't hire you as a police officer." Other departments required higher education requirements yet women received lower pay that led to discrimination cases, awards, and equal pay. Riveting accounts from Indiana's Jill Rice in 1993 during a drug sting from Texas to Indiana capturing drug suppliers, and dealers in a well coordinated bust using local, state, federal and military resources. Julia Grimes from Alaska tells about flying her Cessna 185 to Manakotak after an aircraft crashed into the tundra. From the ground to the skies, women's frontline challenges with success and detailed tragic accounts of women and men who lost their lives in the line of duty. All while policewomen endured ridicule, harassment, and dressed in public restrooms because police forces and leadership did not accept or make room for their growing numbers in the ranks. Pressing political and leadership issues highlighted Ella Bully-Cumming's rise from entry to her appointment as Chief of Police in Detroit by a corrupt newly elected Mayor Kilpatrick. And, Cathy Lanier's surprising selection as Washington D.C.'s first woman police chief. The road is paved although still not yet smooth. The direction is as clear yet as unpredictable as a police officer's daily beat - you just don't know what is going to happen next. This cultural history demonstrates women from all walks of life and all ages have surpassed cultural challenges and are prepared to succeed.
Reviewer's Conclusions Allan Duffin writes with a vivid, broad lexicon making the history leap from the pages and compelling to read. A History in Blue... is the grit behind glitzy dramas like Law and Order, Saving Grace and The Closer. The book seemingly covers every cultural aspect women faced with emotion and professional restraint and maintains historical relevance. A possible woman authorship shortcoming is overcome with respect to documenting situations, actions, and results in a historical context. A man's authorship adds dimension to the women's history by capturing accounts from interviews and research while realizing the complicit and implicit behavior and implications for both women and men. The subjects and stories are real, yet told with more pitch and range than the monotone on Cops. Women and men readers who lived through many of the periods covered in A History in Blue... will easily identify local and national historical events like the Los Angeles Rodney King riots and 9/11 seeded through the history like landmarks along a journey.
A History in Blue is a fast easy read and as entertaining as it is referent, spotted with humor as well as tragedy. It is a reference for all leadership, management, and social studies, and a reference for all police officers. Allan Duffin succeeded recounting a cultural history women wrote to become law enforcement professionals.
The author capsulizes an interesting and relatively unknown sector of history. My grandmother was one of the early policewomen in the LAPD in the thirties, so I was very interested in these ground-breaking and brave women.
I really enjoyed this book and I do recommend it to anyone interested in the field. I really learned a lot and gained much insight into the profession. Very detailed and informative, as well as entertaining.
Very well documented. Much better than another book that I had purchased that cost me nearly $40. Good work. Interesting.
I used this book for doing research for my thesis on women in policing. This book was good but not very helpful.
Allan Duffin did an outstanding job chronicling the history of women in law enforcement over the years. His writing style captures the audience from the first paragraph of the introduction through the end of the book. He thoroughly researched the history of women in law enforcement and recounts many of their personal experiences. Great book - an easy and enlightening read! Highly recommended!
The auther is well reseach on the subject. He also help veterans at the V.A. hospital. I highly think all sould read the book
This was bought as a gift. I didn't hear any complaints so it must have been good. Received this order on time and as promised.
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