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Presidents of the IAWP

  1915 - Alice Stebbins Wells Founder and 1st President

     1919 - 1932 Lt. Mina C Van Winkle

      President and chief financial contributor
      of the International Association of
      Policewomen (The organization later
      became the International Association of
      Police Women; then in 1969, became

      the International Association of Women
      Police.)

 

 

 

 

 

1933 - 1955 The organization was disbanded due to the depression

 

1956 - 1964 Dr. Lois Lundell Higgins (Higgins-Grote) (Incorporating Officer)

(Scan from WomenPolice Magazine Fall 1997 p20 courtesy Linda Cherry)

1964 - 1966 Elizabeth Frances Mumford (Incorporating Officer)

(Scan from WomenPolice Magazine Winter 1997 p21 courtesy Linda Cherry)

1966 - 1970 Mary Rita Ostrander (Incorporating Officer)

(Scan from WomenPolice Magazine Winter 1997 p21 courtesy Linda Cherry)

1970 - 1972 Lois Becket (Incorporating Officer)

(Scan from WomenPolice Magazine Fall 1997 p20 courtesy Linda Cherry)

1972 - 1976 Felicia Shpritzer (Incorporating Officer)

(Scan from WomenPolice Magazine Winter 1996 p2 courtesy Linda Cherry)

  1976 - 1980 Rosie Mason (Incorporating Officer) (More on Rosie)

  1980 - 1982 Carolen Bailey 

  1982 - 1984 Mary Wamsley 

  1984 - 1988 Carol Ann Halliday

  1988 - 1991 Kathy Burke 

  1991 - 1994 Gale Buckner 

  1994 - 1996 Linda Cherry

  1996 - 1998 Connie Maki

  1998 - 2000 Laura Goodman-Brown

  2000 - 2007 Terrie S. Swann

  2007 - 2009 Dr. Amy L. Ramsay 

  2009 -   Jane Townsley  Bio