Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» There were BAD females in American history who committed terrible crimes. Was there ever a LAW WOMAN who kept the peace with a gun?
In the old west times, no there were not any female peace officers. The earliest I could find was a deputy in the 1920s. Catherine Jones of Cave Creek, AZ. Nowadays, there are plenty of female law enforcement officers.
A woman's place in society today is radically different than way back when. I know there was Annie Oakley who was a very good shot. But she was an entertainer. Wow! 1920? In Arizona of all places a WOMAN DEPUTY? Wow! I betcha Catherine had lots of stories to tell! Thank you for that info m2c. I appreciate it that you looked it up. I think Catherine had to be a very tough dame! Good for her! Also good for those who voted for her or appointed her! Happy Tuesday to thee! :)
A gun is not the only way to keep peace and undoubtedly not the best way. Hopefully many of us contributed toward keeping the peace in our own small ways without having to have the badge or be sworn in. I was not aware of any female peace officers until the 1970s. Which I think that would be a hard choice to make and I know is not something a lot of us would choose to do or to stay in for any long period of time. I have seen them on TV reality shows and they pay heavy dues. I don't accept the whole "second rate" notion because look some of us are going to be brave and some not which is just like men as well. Perhaps people had to learn how to use our best assets in keeping the peace. Women I see for instance on Live PD are happy to leave the heavy duty fighting to the guys but they are trained and know enough they are able to step in when they have to. For which I must admire them. Though I know I could never do what they do.
Whether you accept it or not og women are definitely second class in most of the world. Certainly they were in America too because it took forever for them to get the vote. They still make less money than men doing the same jobs and they have to fight harder for getting what they want than men. In fact how many men do YOU know who would vote for a woman for prez? Even worse how many women do YOU know who would vote for a woman for prez and not a man? SIGH. Some women are smarter and tougher and stubbornly persistent but that is not the nature of women to be stubbornly persistent. We are the nurturers..the pacifiers. The ones who try to calm things down..not rile them up. I don't know if that will ever change. I'm gonna ask. Thank you for your thoughtful answer! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at April 30, 2019 6:58 AM MDT
I look at it this way - men would not exist without us. So no way are we "second class". Whether we are voting or president or wildly successful or staying home. A lot of women choose not to vote anyway - same way a lot of men. Men are more likely to vote for a female than women in general. And the reason is that there is some weird feeling that if one of us does well than the rest of us think she is usurping because we have some notion that we should all be just the same as one another and we should not excel. Whereas men are more willing to help us do better because they do not feel threatened. I am all for voting for women and you know my husband and I supported Carly Fiorina in 2016. I would love to vote for a woman and do when I like what they are saying but unfortunately most of them just end up going off the deep end and its all pie-in-the-sky and no sense of what can work practically. We give money to conservative female candidates we believe in.
I think we can be plenty smart enough or tough enough or persistent enough and we are capable of riling things up as well. But if we choose to focus on our families instead that is our choice and one many of us will make. Honestly in 2019 I do not know of any situation where we are earning less than men for accomplishing the same work. Men being in general more gregarious and outgoing are more naturally going to move into the sales jobs which are the most valuable to most companies but many women are now doing very well at sales themselves. But many of us if we are doing well may choose to get something going of our own where we can more be ourselves than work or a larger firm where we more have to conform to what is expected of us.
Well ... while they may not have served as police officers ... a town was not considered "settled" until there were families. So you could say that women were (indirectly) more responsible for bringing law to the "wild west" than men. And I believe Montana refused to become a state, unless women retained the vote.
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