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McLellan, Barbara – ca. 2006
Type: sound recording
Member of: FAU Department of History Oral Histories, Interview with Barbara McLellan – ca. 2006, Oral History Collection
Contributors: Martin, Anne (Interviewer), McLellan, Barbara (Interviewee)
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: In 1972, Mrs. Barbara McLellan became the first female uniformed police officer for the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She started working for the city as a meter maid and after the Equal Right Amendment passed in a few states, Mrs. McLellan decided that she wanted to be a uniformed officer in a patrol car. Up until that time, there were only two other women who worked with the police force… more
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