Behind the Bars; or, Ten Years of the Life of a Police Matron

JENKS, Mary A., M.D.

Published by Published and sold by the author, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1902

About this Item

First edition. Octavo. 179pp. Frontispiece portrait. Blue cloth titled in silver. Front fly appears to be excised, some light general shelfwear on the boards, near fine. Inscribed by the author in pencil: "Elizabeth S. Kinsley from The Author." In the preface by Mrs. E.O. Phinny, President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Pawtucket, she asserts that Jenks "has the distinction of being the first woman in the world that ever wore the silver badge of 'Police Matron." This misleading claim aside she was among the first to be recruited for the duty by the WCTU and her text reflects that: "Police Matron is indeed missionary work; not only debauchery and crime, but cruelty, want, misery, insanity, destitution, abandonment and helplessness appeal to our sympathies. Heart-rending incidents are daily brought to notice, and experience convinces me that but for the influences of those licensed hotbeds of crime - the saloons - there would be no need of barred doors, prison cells or Police Matrons." Scarce.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behind the Bars; or, Ten Years of the Life of a Police Matron
• Publisher: Published and sold by the author, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
• Publication Date: 1902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana