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April 25, 2016

From “copettes” to police officers: Cheryl Mullenbach’s Women in Blue reveals the history of women in law enforcement »

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CM_head1They were called sleuths in skirts, guardettes, copettes, and police in petticoats. It would be a long time—well over 150 years—before women in law enforcement were known simply as police officers. Balancing the stories of trailblazers from the past with those of today, Women in Blue: 16 Brave O

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February 10, 2016

Behind the Scenes: Peggy Caravantes, author of Marooned in the Arctic »

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PEGGY 2When Ada Blackjack and the four other members of a Canadian team first stepped foot on Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, in 1921 to claim its craggy Arctic terrain for Great Britain, they had no idea how doomed their expedition was. Blackjack, an Inuit woman, was along to cook and sew in order to ma



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