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Definition of Policewomen

1. policewoman [n] - See also: policewoman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Policewomen

Literary usage of Policewomen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"See aleo Crime and criminals; Junior police; Northwest mounted police; Police dogs; policewomen; Prisons; Traffic policemen Training Police training in New ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"He says, "The scope of the duties of policewomen in this city consists principally ... The protective function of policewomen has been disregarded at times ..."

3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"STANDARDIZATION OF THE AIMS AND METHODS OF THE WORK OF policewomen Mrs. Mina ... Unless we serve as policewomen and work with the men, the service of the ..."

4. General Statistics of Cities: 1915 by United States Bureau of the Census, Starke M. Grogon, Arthur J. Hirsch, Lemuel A. Carruthers (1916)
"policewomen.—Twenty-five cities reported policewomen paid from police appropriations. ... The Pittsburgh policewomen are included in the column "Detectives. ..."

5. Inside the British Isles by Arthur Gleason (1917)
"ENGLAND'S policewomen Long before the war the women had proved their case, but the door remained bolted. It was the war that broke down the door, ..."

6. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"... policewomen. Withdrawn, physically unable to handle striking Potter, W: Bleecker. POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ..."

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