Margaret Lewin
Epithet: Woman police officer
Record type: First World War Biographies
Biography: Margaret Lewin was a member of the Salvation Army in Douglas when she was asked to become one of the Isle of Man's first three female police officers. This move by the Isle of Man Constabulary was prompted not by a shortage of male officers, but by rising female criminality on the Island during the First World War. She was sworn in on 29 October 1917, and left the police force after the war. She died in 1940, aged 66. (Image ref: MS/09310).
Occupation / profession: Police officer
Gender: Female