How it all began : what is a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
Women in nontraditional professions : law enforcement is big business
The road to the chief's chair : early trailblazers and the long climb to the top
Twists and turns on the road to the top : decisions and detours along the way
One-agency chiefs : local girls break brass at home
Family power brings political power : from sheriff's wife to sheriff
Modern women sheriffs : getting elected on their own
Big-city pioneers : the women who broke the bulletproof barriers
Twenty-first century big-city women : is the playing field finally level?
Women police chiefs and sheriffs : a collective portrait.
