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It’s National Women’s History Month. In recognition of women's vital role in American history, we would like to recognize another notable Pinkerton woman.Southern socialite Elizabeth Van Lew is long remembered as one of the most effective Union spies and Pinkerton agents. Born in Virginia but educated in the North, Van Lew staunchly opposed slavery...

It’s National Women’s History Month. In recognition of women's vital role in American history, we would like to recognize notable Pinkerton women. Unfortunately, many of Pinkerton’s archived case files would show that most operatives were referred to by their initials, last names, or agency-assigned code names, or they were simply unnamed in the ca...

As part of National Women’s History Month, we are celebrating the vital role Lady Pinks, or Pinkerton's women operatives, played in American history. Next on our list is experienced Pinkerton detective Elizabeth H. Baker.In late 1861, Baker operated out of Pinkerton’s Chicago office and was asked to go to Virginia to gather information about the Co...

It’s National Women’s History Month. In recognition of women's vital role in American history, we would like to take this month to recognize a few notable Pinkerton women. Next on our list is Hattie Lawton, who was Pinkerton’s second — and often called the best — female detective. Described as both “delicate and driven,” she was renowned at the age...

It's National Women's History Month. In recognition of women's vital role in American history, we would like to take this month to recognize a few notable Pinkertons, starting with Kate Warne, Pinkerton's first female detective—and likely America's first female detective.So much has already been written about this trailblazer, but we would be remis...

As part of Black History Month honoring the central role of African Americans in U.S. history, we would like to honor the legacy of W. H. Ringgold, a free man who involuntary served aboard a Virginia riverboat that was moving Confederate troops and supplies across the York River.According to a CIA report on Intelligence in the Civil War, Ringgold a...

As part of Black History Month honoring the central role of African Americans in U.S. history, we want to honor the legacy of some notable Pinkertons.Today, we honor John Scobell. While serving as the head of the Union Intelligence Service in the Civil War, Allan Pinkerton diligently debriefed runaway and freed slaves, some of whom he personally re...