International Women’s Day

This IWD, the OPCM celebrated by sharing 5 films made by Women’s Team volunteers. From 100 years of women’s policing in Sussex to chocolate poisonings, they explore both sides of the law.

Christiana Edmunds: The Chocolate Cream Killer

This talk is about the life and crime of Christiana Edmunds, as well as an analysis of the treatment of women in the criminal justice system during the Victorian period.

100 YEARS WOMEN POLICING

Explores the history of women in policing in Sussex from WWI to the present day, and how women fought for inclusion and acceptance in the police force.

Mary Hare, Police Women, Suffragette and Pioneer Teacher of Deaf Children.

Pioneer teacher of deaf children, committed suffragette determined to change women’s lives for the better and recognised as one of Britain’s first ‘policewomen’.

Pioneers of Petticoat Patrol - Not on My Watch

Using interviews with a Sussex policewoman who was in the first-ever female traffic patrol in the UK, this talk explores how women helped to change ideas about women policing in the 1960s and the challenges they faced.

Queer Suffragettes: Censorship and Opposing the Law

This film gives a short history of queer female censorship in the UK and explores the probability that the suffragette leadership circle included at least some queer women.