1870 Federal Census taken 6/24/1870, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Warren Packard, male, age 41, b. OH;
Mary Packard, female, age 30, b. OH;
William Packard, male, age 8, b. OH;
James W. Packard, male, age 6, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, female, age 2, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, female, age 1, b. OH.
1880 Federal Census taken 6/12/1880, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Warren Packard, head, age 51, b. OH;
Mary E. Packard, wife, age 41, b. OH;
Wm. D. Packard, son, age 18, b. OH;
J. Ward Packard, son, age 16, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., age 12, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., age 11, b. OH.
11/7/1893 - Alaska married Ephraim Banks McCrum at Warren, Trumbull Co., OH.
1900 Federal Census taken 6/16/1900, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Mary Packard, head, widow, b. 12/1837 @ OH;
W. D. Packard, son, b. 11/1863 @ OH;
William Packard, son, b. 11/1861 @ OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., b. 4/1870 @ OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., b. 3/1869 @ OH;
Cornelia Packard, dau., b. 6/1882 @ OH;
4/20/1902 - Esther, daughter of Alaska and Ephraim died in Franklin Co., OH.
1905 - Alaska married James B. Davidson.
1910 Federal Census taken 4/24/1910, for O'Hara, Allegheny Co., PA:
James B. Davidson, head, 1st marriage, age 52, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, 2nd marriage, age 42, 1/0, b. OH.
1920 Federal Census taken 1/14/1920, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
J. B. Davidson, head, age 62, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, age 51, b. OH.
May 3, 1929 - James B. Davidson died in Fairfax Co., VA.
1930 Federal Census taken 4/23/1930, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
Alaska P. Davidson, head, widow, age 62, b. OH.
Alaska Davidson served as a Bureau Special Sgent from 1922 to 1924. Davidson had two contemporaries in the 1920s - Lenore Houston and Jessie Duckstein - are a few of the women known to have served as agents before 1972.
On October 11, 1922, Mrs. Alaska P. Davidson was appointed a special investigator of the Bureau of Investigation. Her starting salary was $7 per day plus $4 per day in lieu of subsistence when absent from her office. Salary, expenses, and per diem were paid from the appropriation for "Detection and Prosecution of Crimes." When she entered on duty, Mrs. Davidson was 54 years old. Her education consisted of three years in education consisted of three years in public school. Her work experience was not in the law enforcement field.
She took the required oath of office, then reported to New York City for training. The Special Agent in Charge remarked that "This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used." He advised that she be assigned only to open investigations of a class that would not be rough."
She was assigned to the Washington Field Office. There is no indication that her work was unsatisfactory. However, in May, 1924, Special Agent in Charge E.R. Bohner advised that there was "no particular work for a woman agent" in his office. On May 26, 1924, Acting Director J. Edgar Hoover requested Davidson's resignation because of a reduction in the work force. Her resignation, effective at the close of business June 10, 1924, was accepted by Attorney General Harlan Stone. [It goes on to talk about Lenore Houston.]
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Alaska Packard Davidson (1868–1934) became the first female Special Agent in 1922, at the age of 54. She only served for two years before being asked to resign by newly-appointed Director J. Edgar Hoover. It wasn’t until 1972, shortly after Hoover’s death and the passing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, that women once again joined the forces of the FBI.
Born in Ohio in 1868, Alaska P. Davidson was 54 years old when she became a the FBI’s first female Special Agent. In the 1920s, she was one of three women, including Jessie Duckstein and Lenore Houston, who served as FBI agents.
Alaska had completed three years of public education, and was married with one child, Anna, at the time she became an agent. She trained in New York City, where the Special Agent in Charge said of her, “This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used.” He advised that she should only be assigned to open cases that weren’t too “rough”.
After her training, she was appointed a Special Agent by Bureau of Investigation Director William Burnes on October 11, 1922. She was immediately assigned to the Washington D.C. office. Her starting salary was $7 a day plus $4 when travelling, which was paid from the appropriation for “Detection and Prosecution of Crimes.”
FBI Academy by Casimir Couvillion on Flickr.
At the time, the FBI was mainly hired women agents to assist with investigations related to the Mann Act. Passed in 1910, the Mann Act made interstate sex trafficking a federal crime. However, the ambiguous language of “immorality” was used to criminalize many forms of sexual acts, consensual or not. It was most commonly used to prosecute men for having sex with underage females. Alaska was of limited use to the Bureau in these investigations.
On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed acting director of the Bureau of Investigation. After the Teapot Dome scandals (considered the “greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics” before Watergate), he had promised to cut the rolls to clean house and remove all unqualified agents. Immediately upon his appointment, he demanded each office evaluate their personnel.
The special agent in charge of the Washington field office reported to J. Edgar Hoover that he had “no particular work for a woman agent”. At Hoover’s request, Alaska resigned on June 10, 1924, after less than two years as a Special Agent.
Alaska P. Davidson died ten years later on July 16, 1934 at the age of 66. It wasn’t until forty years later, in 1972, that the FBI Academy began admitting women. The first two were Susan Lynn Roley, a Marine Corps lieutenant, and Joanne Pierce, a former nun. Today, 19 percent of FBI Special Agents are women.
Warren Packard, male, age 41, b. OH;
Mary Packard, female, age 30, b. OH;
William Packard, male, age 8, b. OH;
James W. Packard, male, age 6, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, female, age 2, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, female, age 1, b. OH.
1880 Federal Census taken 6/12/1880, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Warren Packard, head, age 51, b. OH;
Mary E. Packard, wife, age 41, b. OH;
Wm. D. Packard, son, age 18, b. OH;
J. Ward Packard, son, age 16, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., age 12, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., age 11, b. OH.
11/7/1893 - Alaska married Ephraim Banks McCrum at Warren, Trumbull Co., OH.
1900 Federal Census taken 6/16/1900, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Mary Packard, head, widow, b. 12/1837 @ OH;
W. D. Packard, son, b. 11/1863 @ OH;
William Packard, son, b. 11/1861 @ OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., b. 4/1870 @ OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., b. 3/1869 @ OH;
Cornelia Packard, dau., b. 6/1882 @ OH;
4/20/1902 - Esther, daughter of Alaska and Ephraim died in Franklin Co., OH.
1905 - Alaska married James B. Davidson.
1910 Federal Census taken 4/24/1910, for O'Hara, Allegheny Co., PA:
James B. Davidson, head, 1st marriage, age 52, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, 2nd marriage, age 42, 1/0, b. OH.
1920 Federal Census taken 1/14/1920, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
J. B. Davidson, head, age 62, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, age 51, b. OH.
May 3, 1929 - James B. Davidson died in Fairfax Co., VA.
1930 Federal Census taken 4/23/1930, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
Alaska P. Davidson, head, widow, age 62, b. OH.
Alaska Davidson served as a Bureau Special Sgent from 1922 to 1924. Davidson had two contemporaries in the 1920s - Lenore Houston and Jessie Duckstein - are a few of the women known to have served as agents before 1972.
On October 11, 1922, Mrs. Alaska P. Davidson was appointed a special investigator of the Bureau of Investigation. Her starting salary was $7 per day plus $4 per day in lieu of subsistence when absent from her office. Salary, expenses, and per diem were paid from the appropriation for "Detection and Prosecution of Crimes." When she entered on duty, Mrs. Davidson was 54 years old. Her education consisted of three years in education consisted of three years in public school. Her work experience was not in the law enforcement field.
She took the required oath of office, then reported to New York City for training. The Special Agent in Charge remarked that "This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used." He advised that she be assigned only to open investigations of a class that would not be rough."
She was assigned to the Washington Field Office. There is no indication that her work was unsatisfactory. However, in May, 1924, Special Agent in Charge E.R. Bohner advised that there was "no particular work for a woman agent" in his office. On May 26, 1924, Acting Director J. Edgar Hoover requested Davidson's resignation because of a reduction in the work force. Her resignation, effective at the close of business June 10, 1924, was accepted by Attorney General Harlan Stone. [It goes on to talk about Lenore Houston.]
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Alaska Packard Davidson (1868–1934) became the first female Special Agent in 1922, at the age of 54. She only served for two years before being asked to resign by newly-appointed Director J. Edgar Hoover. It wasn’t until 1972, shortly after Hoover’s death and the passing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, that women once again joined the forces of the FBI.
Born in Ohio in 1868, Alaska P. Davidson was 54 years old when she became a the FBI’s first female Special Agent. In the 1920s, she was one of three women, including Jessie Duckstein and Lenore Houston, who served as FBI agents.
Alaska had completed three years of public education, and was married with one child, Anna, at the time she became an agent. She trained in New York City, where the Special Agent in Charge said of her, “This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used.” He advised that she should only be assigned to open cases that weren’t too “rough”.
After her training, she was appointed a Special Agent by Bureau of Investigation Director William Burnes on October 11, 1922. She was immediately assigned to the Washington D.C. office. Her starting salary was $7 a day plus $4 when travelling, which was paid from the appropriation for “Detection and Prosecution of Crimes.”
FBI Academy by Casimir Couvillion on Flickr.
At the time, the FBI was mainly hired women agents to assist with investigations related to the Mann Act. Passed in 1910, the Mann Act made interstate sex trafficking a federal crime. However, the ambiguous language of “immorality” was used to criminalize many forms of sexual acts, consensual or not. It was most commonly used to prosecute men for having sex with underage females. Alaska was of limited use to the Bureau in these investigations.
On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed acting director of the Bureau of Investigation. After the Teapot Dome scandals (considered the “greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics” before Watergate), he had promised to cut the rolls to clean house and remove all unqualified agents. Immediately upon his appointment, he demanded each office evaluate their personnel.
The special agent in charge of the Washington field office reported to J. Edgar Hoover that he had “no particular work for a woman agent”. At Hoover’s request, Alaska resigned on June 10, 1924, after less than two years as a Special Agent.
Alaska P. Davidson died ten years later on July 16, 1934 at the age of 66. It wasn’t until forty years later, in 1972, that the FBI Academy began admitting women. The first two were Susan Lynn Roley, a Marine Corps lieutenant, and Joanne Pierce, a former nun. Today, 19 percent of FBI Special Agents are women.
1870 Federal Census taken 6/24/1870, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Warren Packard, male, age 41, b. OH;
Mary Packard, female, age 30, b. OH;
William Packard, male, age 8, b. OH;
James W. Packard, male, age 6, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, female, age 2, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, female, age 1, b. OH.
1880 Federal Census taken 6/12/1880, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Warren Packard, head, age 51, b. OH;
Mary E. Packard, wife, age 41, b. OH;
Wm. D. Packard, son, age 18, b. OH;
J. Ward Packard, son, age 16, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., age 12, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., age 11, b. OH.
11/7/1893 - Alaska married Ephraim Banks McCrum at Warren, Trumbull Co., OH.
1900 Federal Census taken 6/16/1900, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Mary Packard, head, widow, b. 12/1837 @ OH;
W. D. Packard, son, b. 11/1863 @ OH;
William Packard, son, b. 11/1861 @ OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., b. 4/1870 @ OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., b. 3/1869 @ OH;
Cornelia Packard, dau., b. 6/1882 @ OH;
4/20/1902 - Esther, daughter of Alaska and Ephraim died in Franklin Co., OH.
1905 - Alaska married James B. Davidson.
1910 Federal Census taken 4/24/1910, for O'Hara, Allegheny Co., PA:
James B. Davidson, head, 1st marriage, age 52, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, 2nd marriage, age 42, 1/0, b. OH.
1920 Federal Census taken 1/14/1920, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
J. B. Davidson, head, age 62, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, age 51, b. OH.
May 3, 1929 - James B. Davidson died in Fairfax Co., VA.
1930 Federal Census taken 4/23/1930, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
Alaska P. Davidson, head, widow, age 62, b. OH.
Alaska Davidson served as a Bureau Special Sgent from 1922 to 1924. Davidson had two contemporaries in the 1920s - Lenore Houston and Jessie Duckstein - are a few of the women known to have served as agents before 1972.
On October 11, 1922, Mrs. Alaska P. Davidson was appointed a special investigator of the Bureau of Investigation. Her starting salary was $7 per day plus $4 per day in lieu of subsistence when absent from her office. Salary, expenses, and per diem were paid from the appropriation for "Detection and Prosecution of Crimes." When she entered on duty, Mrs. Davidson was 54 years old. Her education consisted of three years in education consisted of three years in public school. Her work experience was not in the law enforcement field.
She took the required oath of office, then reported to New York City for training. The Special Agent in Charge remarked that "This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used." He advised that she be assigned only to open investigations of a class that would not be rough."
She was assigned to the Washington Field Office. There is no indication that her work was unsatisfactory. However, in May, 1924, Special Agent in Charge E.R. Bohner advised that there was "no particular work for a woman agent" in his office. On May 26, 1924, Acting Director J. Edgar Hoover requested Davidson's resignation because of a reduction in the work force. Her resignation, effective at the close of business June 10, 1924, was accepted by Attorney General Harlan Stone. [It goes on to talk about Lenore Houston.]
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Alaska Packard Davidson (1868–1934) became the first female Special Agent in 1922, at the age of 54. She only served for two years before being asked to resign by newly-appointed Director J. Edgar Hoover. It wasn’t until 1972, shortly after Hoover’s death and the passing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, that women once again joined the forces of the FBI.
Born in Ohio in 1868, Alaska P. Davidson was 54 years old when she became a the FBI’s first female Special Agent. In the 1920s, she was one of three women, including Jessie Duckstein and Lenore Houston, who served as FBI agents.
Alaska had completed three years of public education, and was married with one child, Anna, at the time she became an agent. She trained in New York City, where the Special Agent in Charge said of her, “This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used.” He advised that she should only be assigned to open cases that weren’t too “rough”.
After her training, she was appointed a Special Agent by Bureau of Investigation Director William Burnes on October 11, 1922. She was immediately assigned to the Washington D.C. office. Her starting salary was $7 a day plus $4 when travelling, which was paid from the appropriation for “Detection and Prosecution of Crimes.”
FBI Academy by Casimir Couvillion on Flickr.
At the time, the FBI was mainly hired women agents to assist with investigations related to the Mann Act. Passed in 1910, the Mann Act made interstate sex trafficking a federal crime. However, the ambiguous language of “immorality” was used to criminalize many forms of sexual acts, consensual or not. It was most commonly used to prosecute men for having sex with underage females. Alaska was of limited use to the Bureau in these investigations.
On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed acting director of the Bureau of Investigation. After the Teapot Dome scandals (considered the “greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics” before Watergate), he had promised to cut the rolls to clean house and remove all unqualified agents. Immediately upon his appointment, he demanded each office evaluate their personnel.
The special agent in charge of the Washington field office reported to J. Edgar Hoover that he had “no particular work for a woman agent”. At Hoover’s request, Alaska resigned on June 10, 1924, after less than two years as a Special Agent.
Alaska P. Davidson died ten years later on July 16, 1934 at the age of 66. It wasn’t until forty years later, in 1972, that the FBI Academy began admitting women. The first two were Susan Lynn Roley, a Marine Corps lieutenant, and Joanne Pierce, a former nun. Today, 19 percent of FBI Special Agents are women.
Warren Packard, male, age 41, b. OH;
Mary Packard, female, age 30, b. OH;
William Packard, male, age 8, b. OH;
James W. Packard, male, age 6, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, female, age 2, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, female, age 1, b. OH.
1880 Federal Census taken 6/12/1880, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Warren Packard, head, age 51, b. OH;
Mary E. Packard, wife, age 41, b. OH;
Wm. D. Packard, son, age 18, b. OH;
J. Ward Packard, son, age 16, b. OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., age 12, b. OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., age 11, b. OH.
11/7/1893 - Alaska married Ephraim Banks McCrum at Warren, Trumbull Co., OH.
1900 Federal Census taken 6/16/1900, for Warren, Trumbull Co., OH:
Mary Packard, head, widow, b. 12/1837 @ OH;
W. D. Packard, son, b. 11/1863 @ OH;
William Packard, son, b. 11/1861 @ OH;
Carlotta Packard, dau., b. 4/1870 @ OH;
Alaska Packard, dau., b. 3/1869 @ OH;
Cornelia Packard, dau., b. 6/1882 @ OH;
4/20/1902 - Esther, daughter of Alaska and Ephraim died in Franklin Co., OH.
1905 - Alaska married James B. Davidson.
1910 Federal Census taken 4/24/1910, for O'Hara, Allegheny Co., PA:
James B. Davidson, head, 1st marriage, age 52, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, 2nd marriage, age 42, 1/0, b. OH.
1920 Federal Census taken 1/14/1920, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
J. B. Davidson, head, age 62, b. OH;
Alaska Davidson, wife, age 51, b. OH.
May 3, 1929 - James B. Davidson died in Fairfax Co., VA.
1930 Federal Census taken 4/23/1930, for Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., VA:
Alaska P. Davidson, head, widow, age 62, b. OH.
Alaska Davidson served as a Bureau Special Sgent from 1922 to 1924. Davidson had two contemporaries in the 1920s - Lenore Houston and Jessie Duckstein - are a few of the women known to have served as agents before 1972.
On October 11, 1922, Mrs. Alaska P. Davidson was appointed a special investigator of the Bureau of Investigation. Her starting salary was $7 per day plus $4 per day in lieu of subsistence when absent from her office. Salary, expenses, and per diem were paid from the appropriation for "Detection and Prosecution of Crimes." When she entered on duty, Mrs. Davidson was 54 years old. Her education consisted of three years in education consisted of three years in public school. Her work experience was not in the law enforcement field.
She took the required oath of office, then reported to New York City for training. The Special Agent in Charge remarked that "This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used." He advised that she be assigned only to open investigations of a class that would not be rough."
She was assigned to the Washington Field Office. There is no indication that her work was unsatisfactory. However, in May, 1924, Special Agent in Charge E.R. Bohner advised that there was "no particular work for a woman agent" in his office. On May 26, 1924, Acting Director J. Edgar Hoover requested Davidson's resignation because of a reduction in the work force. Her resignation, effective at the close of business June 10, 1924, was accepted by Attorney General Harlan Stone. [It goes on to talk about Lenore Houston.]
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Alaska Packard Davidson (1868–1934) became the first female Special Agent in 1922, at the age of 54. She only served for two years before being asked to resign by newly-appointed Director J. Edgar Hoover. It wasn’t until 1972, shortly after Hoover’s death and the passing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, that women once again joined the forces of the FBI.
Born in Ohio in 1868, Alaska P. Davidson was 54 years old when she became a the FBI’s first female Special Agent. In the 1920s, she was one of three women, including Jessie Duckstein and Lenore Houston, who served as FBI agents.
Alaska had completed three years of public education, and was married with one child, Anna, at the time she became an agent. She trained in New York City, where the Special Agent in Charge said of her, “This lady is very refined and could not work on every investigation where a woman could be used.” He advised that she should only be assigned to open cases that weren’t too “rough”.
After her training, she was appointed a Special Agent by Bureau of Investigation Director William Burnes on October 11, 1922. She was immediately assigned to the Washington D.C. office. Her starting salary was $7 a day plus $4 when travelling, which was paid from the appropriation for “Detection and Prosecution of Crimes.”
FBI Academy by Casimir Couvillion on Flickr.
At the time, the FBI was mainly hired women agents to assist with investigations related to the Mann Act. Passed in 1910, the Mann Act made interstate sex trafficking a federal crime. However, the ambiguous language of “immorality” was used to criminalize many forms of sexual acts, consensual or not. It was most commonly used to prosecute men for having sex with underage females. Alaska was of limited use to the Bureau in these investigations.
On May 10, 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed acting director of the Bureau of Investigation. After the Teapot Dome scandals (considered the “greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics” before Watergate), he had promised to cut the rolls to clean house and remove all unqualified agents. Immediately upon his appointment, he demanded each office evaluate their personnel.
The special agent in charge of the Washington field office reported to J. Edgar Hoover that he had “no particular work for a woman agent”. At Hoover’s request, Alaska resigned on June 10, 1924, after less than two years as a Special Agent.
Alaska P. Davidson died ten years later on July 16, 1934 at the age of 66. It wasn’t until forty years later, in 1972, that the FBI Academy began admitting women. The first two were Susan Lynn Roley, a Marine Corps lieutenant, and Joanne Pierce, a former nun. Today, 19 percent of FBI Special Agents are women.
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