In “The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country’s First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad,” a retired US army major general tells the story of Mary F…
‘The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country’s First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad’
Foley began her NYPD training in 1923 and, after completion, joined the “Masher Squad,” a unit dedicated to protecting women from the unwanted attention of predatory men. “Even today, studies show that women in policing are able to achieve more positive outcomes in confrontational situations — and that’s what she did.”
From catching rapists to snaring bootleggers, Foley eventually became a detective in the homicide division in Queens.
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