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Elizabeth, Young Policewoman: Valerie Baxter. The Bodley Head Third Impression 1963

These career novels are fascinating bits of social history. Written at a particular time, when it was admitted that several young women needed to work for a living and even wanted to – even admitting that some would like a career other than being a wife and mother, but not yet at the point where a woman was allowed to have both, these books appeared as a taster for the girls about to decide what to do with their futures. Their purpose was to give a general idea of what various jobs were like, with a heroine who would be attractive to the reader, the type who would be competent at her job (as opposed to World Distributor where the career girl’s sleuthing drove the story.)

Elizabeth’s story was quite an absorbing read. ( Read more... )