Rosamond Asiamah was the first woman recruited into Ghana’s police force in 1952.
Her family and former colleagues told the BBC’s She Word programme how she led the fight to change the rules for female police officers, so that they were allowed marry and have children just as male officers could.
“If that had not happened, we would have had less women in the police service than we have now,” said Ghana’s Commissioner of Police Beatrice Zakpaa Vib-Sanziri.
Rosamond, who recently celebrated her 90th birthday, still enjoys spending time with her fellow retired officers.
She told the BBC: “I am I feeling quite alright, and I hope that it will go on”.
Video produced by Eunice Gatonye and Ashley Lime.
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Source: www.bbc.com