Law Enforcement Archives - Infinite Women

A New Jersey police lieutenant, Hester died in 2006 at age 49 after a prolonged battle with lung cancer. At the same time, she had been battling another force: the Ocean County freeholders, who held Hester’s pension in their hands, and were refusing to allow her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, to receive those benefits when Hester inevitably succumbed to her cancer.

Agnes McIntyre

Canadian nurse, shelter superintendent, and police matron

Christine Nixon

Christine Nixon became Victoria, Australia’s first woman Chief Commissioner of police in 2001.

Maha Sukkar

In 2004, Maha Sukkar became the first Muslim policewoman in Victoria, Australia to wear a hijab, challenging stereotypes and setting a trailblazing example for police forces around the world.

Hazel Witt

Served as bureau captain of the Cleveland Police Department’s Women’s Bureau from 1934-65. During her tenure, women entered the police academy for the first time.