Busting the Brass Ceiling

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ISBN: 9781504096720

How a Heroic Female Cop Changed the Face of Policing

Fanchon Blake, Linden Gross, Joseph Wambaugh

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English

Open Road Media
12 February 2025

Biography: general; Memoirs; History of the Americas; Gender studies: women; Police & security services

A policewoman chronicles her historic legal battle against sexism within the LAPD in this ""valuable... and at times, frightening"" memoir (Kirkus Reviews).

Former Army major Fanchon Blake dreamed of becoming a top cop. She joined the LAPD in 1948, confident that her efforts and talent would be rewarded. Instead, despite long hours and high achievement ratings, Blake-like all other women on the force-was denied promotion time and again.

Over the years, the tenacious officer challenged the LAPD's discriminatory agenda from within. Eventually, she broke the ""blue wall of silence"" by going to the press. And when all else failed, Blake saw one last chance to effect change: she filed a complaint against the LAPD with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1973.

What followed was a harrowing struggle against discrimination that would make history for women and other minority groups. Despite the ensuing verbal abuse, silent treatment, and intimidation, Blake pushed on. Seven years later, her heroic efforts would finally make it possible for women to bust through the brass ceiling.

By: Fanchon Blake, Linden Gross
Foreword by: Joseph Wambaugh
Imprint: Open Road Media
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9781504096720
ISBN 10: 150409672X
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 12 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fanchon Blake joined the LAPD in 1948, determined to rise in the ranks despite rampant gender discrimination. Blake's persistence resulted in a promotion to sergeant after nearly two decades of service, but when official policy denied her any further advancement, she took the LAPD to court. Her resulting historic legal victory would affect police departments around the country. Linden Gross is a two-time New York Timesbestselling writer who coaches both aspiring and bestselling authors. The ghostwriter for Julia ""Butterfly"" Hill's national bestseller The Legacy of Luna, Gross also authored To Have or To Harm (now Surviving a Stalker), the first book ever published about the stalking of ordinary people.