How Kate Warne, The First Female Detective Saved Abraham Lincolns Life

Today we dive into Kate Warne and her role in the Pinkertons saving then President-Elect Abraham Lincoln. Warne blazed some new paths both for women and for detectives.

SOURCES:
McGee, S. (2022, February 11). How a female Pinkerton detective helped save Abraham Lincoln's life. History.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022, from https://www.history.com/news/abraham-lincoln-assassination-attempt-1861-pinkerton-kate-warne#:~:text=Chicago%20History%20Museum-,In%201861%2C%20Kate%20Warne%20kept%20the%20president%2Delect%20safe%20from,the%20country's%2016th%20president.
Magazine, S. (2013, February 1). The Unsuccessful Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-unsuccessful-plot-to-kill-abraham-lincoln-2013956/
Pinkerton, A. (2018). The Greatest Cases of Pinkerton Detective Agency. Musaicum Books.

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