Kate Cocks, the pioneering policewoman who fought crime and ran a home for babies – but was no saint
- Written by: Lainie Anderson, PhD candidate, University of South Australia
Image sources, from left: Wakefield Press, State Library South Australia.In 1915, an unmarried, 40-year-old woman by the name of Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks was hand-picked for the role of South Australia’s first policewoman. A small number of others had taken up similar roles globally, amid growing fears for the morality of young women...