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Title IX: The Journey Continues
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Although women had been involved in police work since 1845, when they were assigned as matrons in the New York City Police Department, it was not until 1893 that a woman was actually given the rank of "policeman,” with the powers of arrest.
Source: International Association of Women Police
Between 1990 and 1999, the representation of women in sworn law enforcement ranks increased by 5%, to 14% of all sworn officers.
Source: National Center for Women and Policing
In 1910, Mrs. Alice Stebbins Wells of Los Angeles, California, was the first woman to be classified as a "policewoman.” Mrs. Wells, a graduate theology student and social worker, was appointed as a policewoman only after she presented a petition with many prominent signatures to the Mayor. Following her appointment as a policewoman, Mrs. Wells pioneered prevention and protection principles related to youth. Her duties were later extended to include enforcing laws in places such as dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades, movie theaters, and other places of recreation frequented by women and children.
Source: International Association of Women Police
In 1935, women lawyers in the U.S. constituted 1 percent of all lawyers. It took 20 years to double to 2 percent; another 20 years to increase another 50 percent to 3 percent of all lawyers; and then, another 20 years to increase another 300 percent to 16 percent of all lawyers.
Source: Source: www.wisbar.org
In 2001, the International Association of Women Police had 2400 members from more than 45 countries worldwide, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean Islands, Europe and Russia, Mediterranean and Middle East, Nepal, Philippines, Pacific Islands, Central and South America, United Kingdom and United States.
Source: International Association of Women Police
In 2004, women were 7% of all inmates, up from 6% in 1995.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice