NEWPA's reporters and editors continued to call the public's attention to the issue, and by early May the legislature had passed a bill to appoint police matrons in Massachusetts cities and establish a house of detention for women in Boston.
NEWPA's reporters and editors continued to call the public's attention to the issue. The legislature had passed a bill to appoint police matrons in Massachusetts cities and establish a house of detention for women in Boston. This was by early May.