Anna Sheerin Lowe
Anna Sheerin Lowe became Murray County’s first female sheriff (and the second female sheriff in the state of Minnesota) when the Murray County Commissioners appointed her to fill her husband’s unexpired term in 1923.
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Dr Joyce Vickery
Joyce Vickery was a forensic botanist who was most noted for her work on the kidnap and murder case of Graham Thorne in 1960.
Sylvia Hunsicker
One of the first female police officers in Seattle and suffragist leader
Annie Simons
Simons joined the US Park Police (USPP) on February 3, 1974. She was assigned to Anacostia Station, working from a cruiser rather than on foot patrol. She remembers being the only Black woman at the time.
Sylvia Mathis
FBI agent in the 1970s
Martha Dixon Martinez
FBI agent who died in the line of duty
Maureen Baginski
Maureen Baginski began her cryptologic career as a Russian Language instructor in 1979. During her tenure, Ms. Baginski held various operational management positions, including a tour as a Senior Operations Officer in the National Security Operations Center and the Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) National Intelligence Officer for Russia.
Constance Kopp
1910s deputy sheriff of Bergen County, New Jersey; later the Kopp sisters managed their own private-detective agency.
Edna Pearce
New Zealand kindergarten teacher and director, policewoman, and internment camp supervisor; first policewoman in the coutnry to make an arrest
Margaret Damer Dawson
Before becoming involved in policing, she was a talented student at the London Academy of Music, a respected mountaineer and a fearless campaigner for animal rights and the anti-vivisection movement. In 1906 she was secretary of the International Animal Protection Societies and was awarded medals by Finland and Denmark for her outstanding contribution to animal welfare.