History
Policing in the old days were very much male dominated profession and female’s entry was very slow. In the 1800’s there was pressure from various women’s organizations (during the women prohibition era) that wanted women to be hired to handle and oversee the entry process and correctional custody of female inmates in jails and prison across the USA, these females were called police matrons (Gunnison, 2017). Police matrons were only assigned to work in correctional institutions with females and juveniles …show more content…
She was a social worker and petitioned to be an officer with the mayor, the commissioner, and the city council. Her argument was that a policewoman would be more helpful to better assist women and children who were victims of crime and provide sexual education to women and girls better than a man and not just work with female inmates. With being the first policewoman, Ms. Wells was responsible for hand sewing her own police uniform, which was the first police woman's uniform in the United States. It was a floor-length dress and jacket to cover the females body and be professional at the same