Female Feds

Jane Mason, March 1, 2021

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In honor of Women’s History Month, I am posting this article about the first female FBI Special Agents. I think it’s fascinating and I hope you enjoy reading it.

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LENORE Houston is the first, last, and only female Special Agent hired by famed FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1924. If you find that hard to believe, look at the signature on her credentials that I got through an FBI FOIA request. Read more

(Most of the information for this document is from FOIA.)