Silenced: The Untold Story of the Fight for Equality in the RCMP - Schmidt, Bonnie Reilly

Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; When 32 women were hired as mounted police officers in 1974, it was a media sensation. The move to put women in uniform was neither a beginning nor an end to women's journey toward equality in the RCMP. Although the RCMP promoted itself as a gender-neutral organization in 1974, the fight for recognition was about to become heated. In 1978, after a female Mountie was shot in the line of duty for the first time, male Mounties questioned the ability of women to make split-second, life-and-death decision. Despite overwhelming resistance, the women of the RCMP managed to assert their equality as police officers on their own terms, breaking ground for women's rights in Canada. Silenced is the compelling true story of how women transformed not only their role in the RCMP, but our very notion of what it means to be Canadian.
Fine
Soft cover
Caitlin Press
2023
Halfmoon Bay, BC