Video summary
Kate Adie explores the creation of the first police service for women, the Women Police Service (WPS), setup by the formidable Margaret Damer Dawson.
From keeping order of women who had found freedom during the war with absent male chaperones, to disciplining the munitions factories, the WPS, created huge societal change, which culminated in the rejection and discouragement of female police officers once the war was over.
The conflict between the existing male police establishment and the new female version is considered by Adie.
Teacher Notes
Pupils could draft a set of rules and guidance for the new female police force based on the evidence provided.
For instance, who they will be targeting and who they cannot arrest. How they will work with the existing male service and so on.
This clip will be relevant for teaching History at KS3, KS4/GCSE, in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
Also at Third Level, Fourth Level, National 4 and National 5 in Scotland.
This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC, CCEA GCSE and SQA.
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