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Controlling Women
- The Untold Story of Britain’s First Female Police Force
Engelsk Hardback
Controlling Women
- The Untold Story of Britain’s First Female Police Force
Engelsk Hardback

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A compelling history of the women who started their own police force in 1914--as war, social upheaval and gender injustice gripped the UK.

Violence against women is out of control. Conviction rates for rape are so low that most survivors think it pointless to report, or later regret doing so. Ruthless trafficking gangs run the sex trade. Women have no confidence in the Metropolitan Police. The year is 1914.

As the First World War began, a group of British campaigners founded the Women Police Volunteers, hoping to protect the vulnerable both from crime and from patriarchal policing and justice. The movement''s pioneers included a militant suffragette who''d spent time behind bars, a moral purity activist, a blue-blooded radical, and a court reporter born in the workhouse to a single mother. Sandra Hempel follows their astonishing journey, through all of its troubling turns.

Controlling Women is a vivid snapshot of rapid national change, and a rich tapestry of ethics and emotions among its fascinating characters. Reconciling political ideals with institutional compromise, these bold, complex women made history, despite establishment opposition and destructive infighting. They show us just how far we have to go in the fight for women''s justice.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9781911723967
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1911723960
Udg. Dato:
19 jun 2025
Længde:
31mm
Bredde:
241mm
Højde:
166mm
Forlag:
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
19 jun 2025
Forfatter(e):
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