Kate Warne: America's First Female Private Detective
The story of this trailblazing detective
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Show Notes
Kate Warne became America's first female private detective in 1856, joining the famed Pinkerton detective agency. During her 12-year career she helped thwart Confederate spies, protect high profile targets, and even assisted in preventing the Baltimore plot - an assassination attempt on Abraham Lincoln. This is the story of Kate Warne.
Sources
"The Baltimore Plot: The First Conspiracy to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln" by Michael Kline
https://www.nps.gov/foth/learn/historyculture/kate-warne-private-detective.htm
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kate-warne(cropped).jpg
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