The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country’s First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad

The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country’s First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad

Corsets, Crime, and the Woman to Change Modern Policing Forever

For fans of Margot Lee Shetterley and Liza Mundy comes an inspiring feminist tale of a woman who dedicated her entire life to the New York Police Department, upending the patriarchy and the status quo for women working in public service. Kirkus Reviews calls it, “An inspiring work about a persistent woman who succeeded in a challenging profession.”

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Mary “Mae” Foley was a force to be reckoned with. On one hip, she held her makeup compact. On the other, her NYPD badge. When women were fighting for the vote, Mae was fighting crime in the heart of New York City—taking down rapists, boot-leggers, Nazis, and serial killers. One of the first women to be sworn into the police force, Mae not only fought crime in the city that never sleeps, but also did something much bigger —challenged the patriarchal systems that continually tried to shut her and other women down. The result of her efforts? A long career that helped over 2,000 women join her auxiliary police force, the ‘Masher Squad.’ Mae Foley is proof that women can do anything men can do, all while wearing corsets and the perfect shade of rouge.

From renowned author, speaker, and retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder comes the exciting and superbly researched story of a trailblazer who courageously dedicated her life to public service.

A LibraryReads August 2023 Notable Nonfiction Pick!

Cover of Mari K. Eder's The Girls Who Fought Crime next to an entry by Katie Stover, LibraryReads Board Member, reading, "Each month, we feature a title that comes highly recommended by one of our board members. The August 2023 Notable Nonfiction Pick is: The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Crime-Fighting Squads Mari K. Eder (Sourcebooks) One of the first women to be sworn into the New York City police force, Mae Foley not only fought crime, but also did something much bigger -challenged the patriarchal systems that continually tried to shut her and other women down. Foley is proof that women can do anything men can do, all while wearing corsets and the perfect shade of rouge."

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Tag: Stories with Purpose
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Publication Year: 2023
ASIN: 1728271797
ISBN: 9781728271798
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August 2023 Notable Nonfiction Pick
– Library Reads
Eder’s vivid and raucous narrative brings to life the cops-and-robbers jousting of Prohibition-era New York. Aficionados of the city’s underground history should take a look.
– Publishers Weekly
An inspiring work about a persistent woman who succeeded in a challenging profession.
– Kirkus Reviews
"[Eder] has neatly constructed a credible story of Mae’s aspirations and accomplishments, with imaginative episodes of her personal life intertwined with the facts about her police service."
– Bookreporter
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Mari K Eder, US Army, Major General (Ret.)

Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, is a renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership. General Eder has served as Director of Public Affairs at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and as an adjunct professor and lecturer in communications and public diplomacy at the NATO School and Sweden’s International Training Command. She served in a number of senior positions in the Pentatgon, on the Army Staff, as Deputy Chief of Public Affairs and Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and with DoD’s Reserve Forces Policy Board. General Eder speaks and writes frequently on communication topics in universities and for international audiences and consults on communications issues.

General Eder is the author of Leading the Narrative: The Case for Strategic Communication, published by the Naval Institute Press. Her latest communications book, American Cyberscape, was released in November 2020. An inspirational book, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, and Grit – the Women of WWII will be published in August of 2021 and is now available for print preorder on Amazon and other online retailers (BN.com, Bookshop.org). When not writing, lecturing, or traveling, she works with rescue groups and fosters rescue dogs.

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