RT Book
T1 The girls who fought crime: the untold true story of the country's first female investigator and her crime fighting squads
A1 Eder, Mari K.
LA English
PP Naperville, Illinois
PB Sourcebooks
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1830705113
AB "From corsets to crime fighting , Mae Foley challenged the patriarchal status quo by not only juggling family life, but also by forming the first female auxiliary police force in the City That Never Sleeps. After the 19th Amendment passed in 1920, Foley galvanized 2,000 women to join her "Masher Squad" and eventually became one of the first sworn officers with the NYPD. The "Masher Squad" brought down robbers and rapists, investigated the notorious 3X serial murders, and provided witness protection during the trails of the deadliest mafia bosses in the city. Foley starred down the barrel of the gun-from facing the patriarchy head on, but also quite literally-and always came out on top"--
NO Includes bibliographical references
CN HV7911.F635
SN 9781728271798
K1 Foley, Mae
K1 Women detectives : New York (State) : New York : Biography
K1 Women's Rights : New York (State) : New York
K1 Women : Employment : New York (State) : New York
K1 Police : New York (State) : New York : History : 20th century
K1 Male domination (Social structure) : New York (State) : New York
K1 New York (N.Y.) : History : 20th century
K1 New York, NY : Polizei : Polizeibeamtin : Patriarchat : Geschichte