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Sybil Virginia Plumlee (née Burgess; April 29, 1911 – January 6, 2012) was an American teacher, caseworker, and police officer who served in Portland, Oregon's Women's Protective Division, a special unit of the Portland Police Bureau, from 1947 to 1967. She is recognized as a pioneer in the law enforcement field, which has historically been dominated by men. Born in Seattle in 1911, Plumlee attended high school in Portland and then graduated from Oregon Normal School, now known as Western Oregon University. She became a school teacher in Clarno, Oregon, but later returned to Portland, where she married and had a son. Following a divorce in 1943, she worked as an educator with the Ellis Mining Company in Bourne, Oregon. In 1945, she married Virgil "Paul" Plumlee, who died in 2010. Plumlee wrote an unpublished memoir of her experiences on the police force, called ''Badge 357''. At age 96, she published ''Stories of Hester Ann Bolin Harvey and Her Family'', a collection of family stories and history. Plumlee was the oldest living former member of the city's police force prior to her death in 2012. ==Early life, education, and teaching career== Sybil Burgess was born on April 29, 1911, in Seattle, Washington. She was the daughter of Charles and Stella Burgess. The family moved to Portland, where she attended both Lincoln High School and Jefferson High School, graduating from Jefferson in 1930. After graduating from Oregon Normal School (now known as Western Oregon University) in 1932, she spent some time working as a teacher in a single-room school located in Clarno, Oregon. She returned to Portland, married Lloyd Barker (who was also an instructor), and had a son, Louis Barker. The couple divorced in 1943. After the divorce, Sybil worked during World War II as a teacher for the Ellis Mining Company in Bourne, Oregon, and buying a $150 house in nearby Sumpter for herself and her son. Plumlee also occasionally worked as a soda fountain clerk at a drugstore in northeast Portland, and as a cab driver.〔 In 1945, she married Virgil P. "Paul" Plumlee.〔 She survived the 1948 flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sybil Plumlee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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