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Alice B. Clement
(1878-1926)
Detective. Movie Star. Suffragist.
Chicago detective whose crime-busting exploits grew so popular she had her own newspaper series and starred in her own movie.
Cut content: Alice’s daughter
For all her work to advance the cause of her gender, Clement had very traditional views on female sexuality. Besides regularly upbraiding sex workers and their parents for immorality, she famously got into a feud with her daughter when the younger Clement eloped with a man of whom Alice disapproved. The two later patched things up.
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The distant sign for dill pickles is a callback to the fact that she liked making pickles. It was just a charming little detail. Why not?
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Her badge number, 3248, was her actual officer number.
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