les cop was getting free trolley rides. She showed her badge and the conductor refused to honor it, saying that she had obviously stolen her husband's badge. To make sure this didn't happen again, she was issued a new badge that said "Policewoman Number One."
her husband's identity. This was remedied by presenting her with "Policewoman's Badge Number One."
It is instructive to consider the primary code of conduct for women. The regulation book read "No young girl can be questioned by a male officer. Such work is delegated solely to policewomen, who, by their womanly sympathy and intuition, are able to gain the confidence of their younger sisters" (L.A. Almanac Online).
Her "beat" included supervision and enforcement of laws concerning "dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades, picture shows, and other similar places of public recreation." Among her activities were the "suppression of unwholesome billboard displays, searches for missing persons, and the maintenance of a general information bureau for women seeking advice on matters within the
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