Kate Warne: The First Female Detective

Kate Warne, the first female detective, born in 1833, grew up in Erin Cheung County, New York. Not much is found about her parents, but she was not the only child. Kate Warne is an inspiration to all women for being one of the very first private eye detectives. Allan, director of the agency, greatly appreciated Kate, he said “In my service you will serve your country better than on the field. I have several female operatives. If you agree to come aboard you will go in training with the head of my female detectives, Kate Warne. She has never let me down.” One Day Kate Warne was reading an ad for detectives, and she saw an opportunity to be apart of Allan Pinkerton’s Agency. She decides to go up for the job. Kate Warne stomps into the office, demanding to see Allan Pinkerton, although when he first met her, he was surprised that she was not there to become a clerical worker. Allan Pinkerton said “It is not custom to employ women detectives.” Kate Warne, trying to prove a point says, women would be “Most useful in

Sometimes she would pose as Pinkerton’s wife to gather information on military intelligence for Major George McClean within the Civil War. She then became Mrs. Potter, who persuaded some information on the murderer's wife in Mississippi. She also became a Lucille, a fortune teller who found out the true story about a man poisoned, Capitan Summer. Kay, Kitty, and Katty and many other names people are unsure which one to call her, but the private eye called her Kate Warne. For female detectives, she would be the head of them. One of the most important cases that she worked on, was the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. She terminated an early undertake on Lincoln, because this plan was planned out for 4 years. Kate Warne was one of the top five detectives that Pinkerton trusted. Warne inspired Pinketon to come up with the private eye, when she was watching over Lincoln, “We Never