Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah
Ghanaian first female officer
Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah (13 January 1930 – 20 February 2021) was a Ghanaian law enforcement officer who was the first woman to be enlisted into the Ghana Police Service, then the Gold Coast Police Force.
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- Requesting that policewomen should be allowed to marry, get pregnant and have children as and when they wanted was a very important one for all those who came after them.
- Andreas Kamasah, First woman to be recruited into Ghana police service dies at age 91, Pulse, February 23, 2021.
- It is heart-warming to hear that a policewoman acted as the IGP while others are now commissioners and deputy commissioners, as during our time the highest rank for women was Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
- #AdomGhanaMonth23: Rosemond Nkansah, first female to join Ghana Police, Adomonline, March 7, 2023.
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- We share in your loss and would support the family to ensure the late Madam Nkansah is given a befitting burial.
- Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, [1], Ghana Web, 24 February 2021.
