Miss Mary Ellen Halley was the first woman appointed to the Massachusetts State Police.
On May 9, 1891 Massachusetts Governor William Eustis Russell appointed Mary Ellen Halley and Fanny Baker Ames as the first females state police inspectors on the Massachusetts District Police. They would also become the first state policewomen to serve in the United States.
Mary began working in the Pacific Mills in Lawrence as a weaver at about 16. She later went to work in the Arlington Mills as a weaver and later in the Washington Mills. She spent 37 years as a factory inspector in the mills of Lawrence and Massachusetts, protecting the rights of working woman and children.
On May 9, 1891 Massachusetts Governor William Eustis Russell appointed Mary Ellen Halley and Fanny Baker Ames as the first females state police inspectors on the Massachusetts District Police. They would also become the first state policewomen to serve in the United States.
Mary began working in the Pacific Mills in Lawrence as a weaver at about 16. She later went to work in the Arlington Mills as a weaver and later in the Washington Mills. She spent 37 years as a factory inspector in the mills of Lawrence and Massachusetts, protecting the rights of working woman and children.
Miss Mary Ellen Halley was the first woman appointed to the Massachusetts State Police.
On May 9, 1891 Massachusetts Governor William Eustis Russell appointed Mary Ellen Halley and Fanny Baker Ames as the first females state police inspectors on the Massachusetts District Police. They would also become the first state policewomen to serve in the United States.
Mary began working in the Pacific Mills in Lawrence as a weaver at about 16. She later went to work in the Arlington Mills as a weaver and later in the Washington Mills. She spent 37 years as a factory inspector in the mills of Lawrence and Massachusetts, protecting the rights of working woman and children.
On May 9, 1891 Massachusetts Governor William Eustis Russell appointed Mary Ellen Halley and Fanny Baker Ames as the first females state police inspectors on the Massachusetts District Police. They would also become the first state policewomen to serve in the United States.
Mary began working in the Pacific Mills in Lawrence as a weaver at about 16. She later went to work in the Arlington Mills as a weaver and later in the Washington Mills. She spent 37 years as a factory inspector in the mills of Lawrence and Massachusetts, protecting the rights of working woman and children.
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She is buried with her parents, James and Katherine, and siblings Bridget, Dennis and Edward.
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