November 1914: The Women's Police Volunteers, formed by...
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November 1914
The Women's Police Volunteers
, formed by Margaret Damer Dawson
, received their first assignment, for the British Army
, a few months after forming.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
February 1915: Margaret Damer Dawson formed the Women's...
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February 1915
Margaret Damer Dawson
formed the Women's Police Service
after the Women's Police Volunteers
disagreed over its level of cooperation with male police and the military surveillance of women.
Summers, Anne. Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses 1854-1914. Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1988.
Marwick, Arthur. Women at War, 1914-1918. Croom Helm, 1977.
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7 July 1916: Representatives from the Women's Police Service...
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7 July 1916
Representatives from the Women's Police Service
(Margaret Damer Dawson
and Mary Allen
) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Munitions
for the employment of women police to regulate and oversee the conduct of...
February 1918: Chief Commander Margaret Damer Dawson and...
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February 1918
Chief Commander Margaret Damer Dawson
and Sub-Commandant Mary Allen
of the Women's Police Service
were invested as Officers of the Order of the British Empire.
Allen, Mary S. The Pioneer Policewoman. AMS Press, 1973.