Send us Fan Mail Before there was Sherlock Holmes, there was Kate Warne. In 1856, a 23-year-old widow walked into the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and demanded a job—becoming America’s first female private detective. In this episode of Honourabl Mentions: Hilarious History, we dive into the incredible true story and hidden history of the woman who broke up the mid-19th-century boys' club. Long before women were even allowed on police forces, Kate used brilliant disguises, aliases, and...
