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She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.
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Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Historians have long debated which pioneer in the field of women’s policing holds the title of the U.S.’s first policewoman, as opposed to police matron.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Amedy Coulibaly, an accomplice who killed a policewoman and four hostages in a kosher supermarket in Paris during the manhunt for the Kouachis, had been convicted five times for armed robbery.
—Diego Gambetta, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2016
Brady’s and Benson’s questioning styles vary greatly — Brady is fairly blunt, and Benson is all huggy-soft-voice-let-me-get-you-tea — and the two policewomen have it out during a break in questioning.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
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Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Historians have long debated which pioneer in the field of women’s policing holds the title of the U.S.’s first policewoman, as opposed to police matron.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Amedy Coulibaly, an accomplice who killed a policewoman and four hostages in a kosher supermarket in Paris during the manhunt for the Kouachis, had been convicted five times for armed robbery.
—Diego Gambetta, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2016
Brady’s and Benson’s questioning styles vary greatly — Brady is fairly blunt, and Benson is all huggy-soft-voice-let-me-get-you-tea — and the two policewomen have it out during a break in questioning.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Policewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policewoman. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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policewoman
noun
po·lice·wom·an
pə-ˈlē-ˌswu̇m-ən 
: a woman who is a police officer
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