Bonus: Women FBI Agents – Women's History Month
FBI Retired Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
March is National Women’s history month and this year's theme is, "Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories." So I’m republishing Episode 264: History of Women in the FBI, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the modern-day female agent.
In this encore episode, active and retired agents share personal stories from their FBI careers, historical details about Director Hoover's initial rejection, and the Bureau's eventual acceptance of women as agents.
I hope you’ll listen or re-listen to the show, especially to understand the significance of the FBI’s recent pledge to advance women in policing. The national 30x30 pledge aims to bring more women into policing to improve public safety, community outcomes, and trust in law enforcement. I’ve updated the episode show notes to include a link to the press release about the pledge.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Jerry. |
| 0:03.1 | Did you know that March is National Women's History Month? |
| 0:07.4 | This year's theme is Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories. |
| 0:11.1 | So as a special bonus, I'm republishing Episode 264, The History of Women in the FBI. |
| 0:20.1 | I hope you'll listen or re-listen to the show, especially to understand the significance |
| 0:25.9 | of the FBI's recent pledge to advance women in policing. |
| 0:30.6 | The National 30x30 pledge aims to bring more women into policing to improve public safety, |
| 0:37.8 | community outcomes, and trust in law enforcement. |
| 0:41.2 | I updated the episode's show notes to include a link to the press release about the pledge. |
| 0:47.4 | Now, cue the music. |
| 0:49.8 | Welcome to Episode 264 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 1:03.7 | I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through |
| 1:11.0 | my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. |
| 1:16.9 | July marks the 50th anniversary of Women's FBI agents, and to commemorate this historic |
| 1:25.8 | milestone today, you'll hear from active and retired agents about the history and contributions |
| 1:34.2 | of female special agents. |
| 1:37.0 | For me, it's almost inconceivable, almost, that at one time in our history, women could |
| 1:45.4 | not be special agents. |
| 1:48.0 | I'll let former FBI director Jay Edgar Hoover explain this prior policy to you. |
| 1:55.8 | It is not the intent of the FBI to find the special agent position to mails without |
| 2:00.0 | there being very good reason to do so. |
| 2:02.9 | Lurking in the minds of those bent on defying the law must be the ever-present concern for |
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