A Municipal Mother: Portland’s Lola Greene Baldwin, America’s First Policewoman

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On April 1, 1908, Lola G. 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, aged forty-eight, used to be sworn in “to accomplish Police Service” for the city of Portland, Oregon. She used to be the first woman hired by an American municipality to hold out regular enforcement duties.
In telling Lola 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley’s story, Gloria Myers examines the social and cultural impulses that gave upward push to the policewoman idea. The Progressive Era redefined the role of women in society; 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley’s career benefited from the Progressive belief that women could ameliorate urban evil as they’d in advance civilized the household. The desire for the urban policewoman arose out of concern for the moral and physical welfare of families, single working women, and children living within the cities. Supported by socially active women’s organizations and informed by the ideals of “social hygiene,” the first policewoman led a crusade against urban vice, deviance, and corruption within the Rose City. Preventive policing strategies developed by “municipal mothers” like 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley aid and influence policing policies to these days.

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