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Employment of Women Police

Catalogue reference: 3AMS/B/12

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This record is about the Employment of Women Police dating from 1885-1949.

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Reference
3AMS/B/12
Title
Employment of Women Police
Date
1885-1949
Description

Consists of: papers and publications concerning the work of the National Council of Women in recommending an increase in the number of women police employed for preventive, protective and detective work with women and children.

Many of these papers belonged to Miss Edith Tancred who was a member of the National Council of Women of Great Britain and Ireland. She gave evidence to the committees on the employment of policewomen in the 1920s. The Association for Moral and Social Hygiene supported this work.

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London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
Former department reference
Box FL312-FL313
Language
English
Physical description
1 A box
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/03977ef2-9733-4da8-90ef-824825de3736/

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Employment of Women Police