60 What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
(A) The duties of early female officers were more of a social worker.
(B) Women of Well’s time earned less than men did working as police officers.
(C) No one understood how vulnerable to crime women and children could be.
(D) Women like Wells helped pave the way for the female officers of today.

Through the 1800s as professional police departments grew around the United States, women held few positions. Mostly, women served as prison workers taking care of female inmates（監獄中的）囚犯；（精神病院中的）病人. Then in 1909 social worker and minister政治家, 部長  Alice Stebbins Wells pressed勸說, 敦促  Los Angeles to establish a new city ordinance法令，法規 allowing female policewomen. With the support of some influential有影響力 people, the ordinance法令，法規 was quickly adopted and on September 12, 1910, Wells became the first female policewoman with arrest powers in America. She received a badge徽章；獎章, a key to telephone call boxes, a rule book, and a first aid book. Wells even designed and made some of her own tailored（衣服）量身定制 uniforms.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) assigned分配；分派 Wells to patrol public recreation娛樂 places women and children frequented, such as skating rinks溜冰場, dance halls, and movie theaters.

By October 1912 two other women were added to the staff. By 1916 sixteen other U.S. cities and several foreign countries had hired female police officers. By 1937 the LAPD employed thirty-nine policewomen and their duties expanded擴大，增加 to criminal investigations in addition to patrol. Pressing onward向前挺進, Wells helped organize the International Policewoman's Association團體, 協會 in 1915 and founded the Women's Peace Officers Association of California in 1928.

In 1914, she was the subject主題，話題 of a biographical傳記 film影片 entitled The Policewoman.

The University of California created the first course dedicated專用的，專門 to the work of female police officers in 1918.

After 30 years of service, she retired in 1940 and died in 1957.