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3 unusual facts about Alice Stebbins Wells


Alice Stebbins Wells

Sixteen other cities and several foreign countries hired female police officers as a direct result of Wells' activities by 1915, when Wells created the International Policewomen's Association.

Wells went on to become the founder and first president of the International Policewomen's Association and traveled throughout America and Canada to promote female officers.

Police Woman

Alice Stebbins Wells, believed to be the first American-born woman police officer, 1910



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