Women Detectives in Fact and Fiction

On August 22, 1856, private detective Allan Pinkerton looked up to see a woman standing at the door of his Chicago office. She introduced herself as Kate Warne and proclaimed herself in need of a job. She was not, however, looking to be a secretary, as Pinkerton first thought. No, she wanted to be a detective.
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