Equality Collection (page 6)

Woman police officer W Gould in uniform, London
Woman police officer Winifred Gould (joined August 1931) in a studio photo with painted backdrop. She is wearing the recently updated Stanley uniform -- a white shirt and tie were introduced

Women police officers at work, WEC, London. They are Sergeant Patricia May Atkinson (seated left, joined August 1946), and Constables Ada Sandy (joined July 1928)

Woman police officer, Charlotte Grace Dixon, London
An early woman police officer, Inspector Charlotte Grace Dixon, who joined the Metropolitan Police in 1920. Date: early 1920s

Woman police officer Beatrice Wills, London
Portrait photo of Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), an early woman police officer. She joined the force in January 1919, and is seen here wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year

Two early women police officers with dog, WW1
Two early women police officers (on the left is Lilian Maud Newell, who joined the force at the start of the First World War), standing on a lawn with a small dog. Date: 1910s

Belles of St Clement s! Girl bell ringers, 1926
A band of female change ringers at St Clement Danes church in the Strand, London. The Illustrated London News deemed the sight of female bell ringers sufficiently interesting

WW2 Poster -- Come Back to the Army and the ATS
Come Back to the Army and the ATS while the Bounty Scheme still operates. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Date: 1939

Picnic with servant, India. Date: circa 1890s

The advent of women at the polls, 1929
Two sophisticated and fashionable ladies in heels, cloche hats and fur trimmed coats alight from a taxi at a polling station where they will vote for the first time in the General Election of May

Women Duelling 19C
Women duelling with swords

Woman police officer Marion Macmillan in Northern Ireland
Woman police officer Marion Macmillan, Head of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Women Police Branch in Northern Ireland, seen here shaking hands with a VIP at a womens parade

Victorian scrap - MP of the future
Victorian scrap - Political Types - MP of the Future. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Working mans rights
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Working Mans Rights. late 19th century

Communist China - communal exercise session
Communal exercise session for timberyard workers during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Womans Rights
Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Paper, Womans Rights, Womans Wrongs. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Working Mans Rights. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Political Types - MP of the Future. late 19th century

Four police officers playing mixed doubles tennis
Four police officers (including WPC Alison Blair, right) playing a mixed doubles tennis match. Date: circa 1960s

Group photo, women police officers in cricket team
Group photo, women police officers in a cricket team. They include WPC Haywood (centre, holding cup), Commander Sally Hubbard, ? Summers, Superintendent Joan Partridge, ? Sims

Presentation of cup to cricket team captain
Presentation of a cup to WPC Haywood, captain of the policewomens cricket team. Date: 1971

Women police officers in tennis gear, Pembridge Hall
Women police officers in tennis gear, with racquets, on the steps of Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2

Group photo, women police officers in netball team
Group photo, 14 women police officers in a netball team. Date: circa 1950s

Women police officers in athletics event
Women police officers, Alice Lusher, Shirley Thomas and Shirley Jennings (Becke), taking part in an athletics running event, watched by spectators. Date: circa 1950s

Women police officers training in a gym, London
Women police officers doing physical training in a gym, London. Date: circa 1950s

Woman police officer at work in a London police station, helping a visitor at the front desk. Date: circa early 1960s

Woman police officer checking under a car, London
Woman police officer (Deirdre O Donoghue) checking under a car, probably during driving training. Date: circa 1960s

Police officers with woman in police station, London
Three police officers (two women and one man), questioning a woman who has just been escorted into a London police station. Date: circa 1950s

Two police officers working in a police station, London
Two police officers working in a police station, looking after a little boy in school uniform. The WPC is Elly Macon. A male sergeant sits at a desk, making notes in a book. Date: 1950s

Group photo, women police officers in sports team
Group photo, eight women police officers in a sports team (possibly netball). Date: circa 1950s

Police officers at work in communications room
Police officers, male and female, at work in a Met Police communications room. Date: circa early 1970s

Woman police officer at work in communications room
Woman police officer at work in front of a computer screen in a Met Police communications room. Date: circa late 1970s

Woman police officer undergoing driving training
Woman police officer on a driving course, sitting at the steering wheel with a male officer next to her in the passenger seat

Police officers at Driving School with car and motorcycles
Police officers at the Police Driving School with a car and motorcycles. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor scooter

Women police officers in Nijmegen March, Holland
Women police officers of the Met Police, together with a small boy in police uniform and helmet, taking part in a Nijmegen March in Holland. Date: circa 1950s

Police officers in training session, London
Police officers, male and female, taking part in a training session under the instruction of a sergeant. Date: circa 1950s

Woman police officer at the wheel of a car, London
Woman police officer (Evelyn Walker) at the wheel of an open topped car, possibly during a training session, with a male officer in the passenger seat. Date: 1972

Woman police officer taking oath in court, London
Woman police officer taking the oath from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Woman police officer giving evidence in court, London
Woman police officer giving evidence from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Policewomen recruits measured for height, London
Policewomen recruits in civilian clothes being measured for height by a woman police officer (possibly Inspector Alice B Clayden). Another woman police officer watches from behind a desk

Women police officers in training at Peel House, London
Women police officers in training at Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. They are wearing gym slips, and are receiving instructions from a male police sergeant (PS Bissell)

Women police officers on parade at Peel House, London
A group of women police officers, some of them sergeants, and some wearing medals, on parade in the yard of Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. Date: 1929

Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde Park
Women police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920

Group photo, women police officers in hockey team
Group photo, women police officers in a policewomens hockey team. They include Chief Superintendent Barbara Lilian Kelley (centre, 1920-1998), Elizabeth McClelland, Mary Atkinson, Sylvia King

Woman police officer Ivy Cook in rowing team
Woman police officer Ivy Cook (far left) taking part in a rowing team, May 1931. She joined the Met Police in December 1930. Date: 1931

Woman police officer working at a police station, helping a woman visitor at the front desk. Date: circa early 1970s

Two women police officers working at Kingston police station. One of them is looking after a little girl, while the other is on the telephone. Date: circa early 1970s

Police officers at work, Hammersmith, London
Male and female police officers at work in Hammersmith Police Station, West London. A sergeant sits at a desk making notes. The woman on the right is Matron Mrs Collins

Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes, Lagos, Nigeria
Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes (front row, centre), at the time of her posting to Lagos, Nigeria. She served with the Met Police from 1950 to 1975

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