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The following is a list of female writers in the detective and mystery genres. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Jill Bernhardt is a Deputy DA and one of the four women crime solvers in 'The Women's Murder Club' books by James Patterson; played by Laura Harris on the 2007–2008 ABC series Women's Murder Club. Mirabelle Bevan is an ex-Secret Service agent turned debt collector who solves mysteries in a series set in 1950s Brighton by Scottish author Sara ...
Women have been doing detective work for centuries, even though there has been little-to-no documentation on them. Accounts from the mid 1800s reveal the work of female detectives. [3] Women did detective work on their own, mostly without recognition. [4] They covered a wide range of cases, from robberies to murder.
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Very little is known about Kate Warne prior to her working for Allan Pinkerton, except that she was born in Erin, Chemung County, New York and was a widow by age 23. [7] An obituary following her death described her parents as "honest and industrious people" and stated that they were poor, resulting in her taking over many of the household duties. [8]
Even with 60 detectives assigned to the case, no one could solve the robbery. [1] [8] The story was followed nationally, according to a New York Times article at the time. After going undercover, Goodwin cracked the case. [9] [10] [11] As a result, she was appointed as New York's first female detective and given the rank of 1st grade lieutenant.
A professional female detective appeared in the popular stories Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective, written by Hugh Cosgro Weir in 1909. [1] But the earliest published version of a girl sought out as an amateur detective appears in the story collection The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange, by Anna Katharine Green, published in 1915.
By her retirement in April 1946, she was only one of three women to reach first grade detective in the NYPD, [7] and worked with famous NYPD detectives such as Arthur Carey and John Coughlin. [7] Notwithstanding the temporary demotion in 1929, she was director of the Policewoman's Bureau for 20 years from 1926 to 1946.