MISTRESS OF DISGUISE
Oct 01, 2020
2 minutes
“Mrs Goodwin is a Sherlock Holmes in skirts,” declared one newspaper the day Isabella Goodwin became the world’s first female detective. Although famous in her time, Goodwin came from humble beginnings. One of seven children born to working-class parents, in 1885 she married John Goodwin, a NYPD roundsman. John sadly
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