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    550. SEX AND THE CITY: WOMEN AND THE HISTORY OF POLICING IN NEW YORK

    550. SEX AND THE CITY: WOMEN AND THE HISTORY OF POLICING IN NEW YORK

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    Molly Tambor

    In 1900 the population of New York City hit 3.5 million, surpassing those of Paris and London. The census claimed to discover within that number 125 single women of marriageable age for every 100 single men. Anxieties over this so-called “surplus of women” erupted and resulted in particular to calls for moral reform and better policing, and the Women’s Bureau of the NYPD was born in response. In this class we will study the effects of urbanization and industrialization on gender politics by telling the stories of the first women police officers—and the women they policed.

     

    1:00-3:00 p.m.

    1 Session

    Tuesday, May 5

    Fee:  $30

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    About the lecturer(s)

    Molly Tambor

    Molly Tambor Molly Tambor is Associate Professor of History at LIU Post. A former Rome Prize winner and current Fulbright selection committee member for Italy, she chaired the Columbia University seminar in Modern Italian Studies from 2022-2025. Specializing in women and gender history and political history, she is now researching the history of women’s entry into professional policing. Her books include The Lost Wave: Women and Democracy in Postwar Italy, the translation of The United States and Fascist Italy, The Rise of American Finance in Europe, and Mirrors of Police: Professional Knowledge, (Self)Representations, and Identity of the State Police in Italy Since 1946.

    Lecture Details

    Program
    Winter/Spring 2026
    Sessions
    1 lecture(s)
    Day & Time
    Tuesday, 1:00-3:00 PM
    Date(s)
    May 05, 2026