Baltimore Police Pioneer 'Lady Law'

Anthony

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Violet Hill Whyte was the first African American to join the Baltimore police force, she was known as “Lady Law.”
Whyte was born in 1897. She was appointed in 1937 to the city's police force, died in 1980.
During her long illustrious career on the police force, she proved that time and time again by working 16- to 20-hour days.
She was described as "a one-woman police force and a one-woman social worker combined."
 
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