Lilian Wyles

Standard Name: Wyles, Lilian

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23 December 1918: Under a Police Order, the Voluntary Women's...

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23 December 1918

Under a Police Order, the Voluntary Women's Patrols became a section of the LondonMetropolitan Police ; they advised young girls, investigated sex offences, and did plain-clothes work.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
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Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopædia Britannica. 12th ed., Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1922, 3 vols.
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British Book News. British Council.
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1932: After thirteen years as a member of the Metropolitan...

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1932

After thirteen years as a member of the Metropolitan Police and ten as a member of the Criminal Investigation Department , Lilian Wyles became the first female Chief Inspector.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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