by Mari K Eder | Oct 7, 2025 | Newsletters
September 20th was a day that all of nature stood at attention to honor and support the ceremony naming the street in front of the 108th Precinct in Long Island City for one of New York’s own – NYPD detective Mary “Mae” Foley. It was a day of sunshine and warmth, and... 
by Mari K Eder | May 30, 2023 | Op-Eds and Commentary
Ellen O’Grady claimed to be the first female detective. So did Mary Sullivan, but Ellen O’Grady had been a matron first, and Mary Sullivan hadn’t been through basic police training. Additionally, as Mae knew, many claimed to be the first policewoman or the first... 
by Mari K Eder | May 25, 2023 | Op-Eds and Commentary
Over Memorial Day 2022, I spent some time getting to know the streets of NewYork City as Mae Foley, a new policewoman in the 1920s and 1930s, would haveknown them as part of my research for The Girls Who Fought Crime. I saw the locations for speakeasies, the route she...