Breaking the brass ceiling : women police chiefs and their paths to the top /
Schulz, Dorothy Moses.
Breaking the brass ceiling : women police chiefs and their paths to the top / by Dorothy Moses Schulz. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004. - xv, 241 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229)and index.
How it all began : what is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? -- Women in non-traditional professions : law enforcement is big business -- The road to the chief's chair : early trailblazers and the long climb to the top -- Twists and turns on the road to the top : decisions and detours along the way -- One-agency chiefs : local girls break brass at home -- Family power brings political power : from sheriff's wife to sheriff -- Modern women sheriffs : getting elected on their own -- Big-city pioneers : the women who broke the bulletproof barriers -- Twenty-first century women : is the playing field finally level? -- Women police chiefs and sheriffs : a collective portrait.
0275981800 (alk. paper)
2004014775
Women police chiefs--United States.
Policewomen--United States.
Sex discrimination against women--United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
HV8139 / .S33 2004
363.2/092/273
Breaking the brass ceiling : women police chiefs and their paths to the top / by Dorothy Moses Schulz. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004. - xv, 241 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229)and index.
How it all began : what is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? -- Women in non-traditional professions : law enforcement is big business -- The road to the chief's chair : early trailblazers and the long climb to the top -- Twists and turns on the road to the top : decisions and detours along the way -- One-agency chiefs : local girls break brass at home -- Family power brings political power : from sheriff's wife to sheriff -- Modern women sheriffs : getting elected on their own -- Big-city pioneers : the women who broke the bulletproof barriers -- Twenty-first century women : is the playing field finally level? -- Women police chiefs and sheriffs : a collective portrait.
0275981800 (alk. paper)
2004014775
Women police chiefs--United States.
Policewomen--United States.
Sex discrimination against women--United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
HV8139 / .S33 2004
363.2/092/273