Kate Warne
✓ Source-basedstableFirst female detective in the US (1833-1868)
United StatesLived 1833 to 1868 · aged 35Fame50.0
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Kate Warne was an American law enforcement officer best known as the first female detective in the United States, for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
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Goggles carried by Lincoln's bodyguards during his train ride through Baltimore
During the American Civil War Kate Warne traveled with her boss, Allan Pinkerton, to meet with General George B. McClellan's Ohio Division. This photo shows Pinkerton and President Lincoln at the Battle of Antietam in 1862.
Warne's grave at Graceland CemeteryAbout this person
Kate Warne was an American law enforcement officer best known as the first female detective in the United States, for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. She also had a role in uncovering the 1861 Baltimore Plot against President-elect Abraham Lincoln, recruiting female agents for the Pinkerton Agency, and conducting intelligence work for the Union during the American Civil War.
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Lived 1833 to 1868 · aged 35
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