It Isn't Easy Fighting Crime in a Tutu, but It Helps!

Author

Jeanne C. McGlory, University of New Orleans, New OrleansFollow

Date of Award

5-2023

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

M.F.A.

Degree Program

Creative Writing

Department

Fine Arts

Major Professor

Randolph Bates

Second Advisor

Rhiannon Goad

Third Advisor

Juyanne James

Abstract

It Isn't Easy Fighting Crime in a Tutu, but it helps! is a description of struggles and triumphs of a woman working in a male traditional job for the New Orleans Police Department. She worked as a civilian and as a police officer and police sergeant from 1970 until 1996. Several Essays are included to provide a glimpse of the lighter side of the badge, the human beings wearing them, and an appreciation of the culture and some neighborhoods of New Orleans.

Rights

The University of New Orleans and its agents retain the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible this dissertation or thesis in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. The author retains all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis or dissertation.

Recommended Citation

McGlory, Jeanne C., "It Isn't Easy Fighting Crime in a Tutu, but It Helps!" (2023). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 3103.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/3103