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Historical Timeline for Women in Law Enforcement
1845- 1st female police Matrons hired by NYPD
1893- Marie Owens was appointed to assist with cases involving women and children
1908- 1st female Police Officer was Lola Baldwin
1910- Alice Wells was hired by LAPD. She was the 2nd female Police Officer
1912- 1st female to make Detective was Isabella Goodwin
1915- International Association of Police Women was formed
1918- 1st female Homicide Detective was Mary Sullivan
1930s Matrons
Woman of the Secret Service
Early 1990s
Present day
1919- 1st African American woman in NYPD was Cora Parchment
1968- 1st female Patrol Officer
1985- 1st female Police Chief was Penny Harrington in Portland, Oregon
1994- 1st African American female Police Chief was Beverly Harvard in Atlanta, Georgia
2011- 13% of law enforcement personnel are women
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