Kate Warne is seen here, standing next to the post.

The woman’s name was Kate Warne. Like Pinkerton, she was not one to be swayed. Women, she told him, could be "most useful in worming out secrets in many places which would be impossible for a male detective" (T. Webster…). Shepointed out how a woman would have a better chance at befriending the female counterparts of the criminal element, or even of female criminals. Allan Pinkerton was a reasonable man, and he was also open to new ideas. He liked what he saw in Kate Warne: “…a commanding person, with clear cut, expressive features ... graceful in her movements and self-possessed. Her features … of an intellectual cast ... her face was honest, which would cause one in distress instinctly [sic] to select her as a confidante” (Pinkerton).He hired this brown-haired commanding person; Kate Warne became the first female detective. The year was 1856.