Isabella Goodwin Seaholm | |
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Born | Isabella Loghry February 20, 1865 |
Died | October 26, 1943
New York City, U.S. | (aged 77–78)
Burial place | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn |
Occupation | American police officer. |
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Isabella Goodwin (née Loghry) was an American police officer and the first female detective in New York City.
Isabella Loghry was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan in 1865 [1] to James Harvey Loghry and Anna J. Monteith, who ran a restaurant and hotel on Canal St. Around 1885, aged 19, she married John W. Goodwin, a police officer. The couple had six children, of which four survived. [1] [2] Goodwin was widowed in 1896, when she was 30 years old. [3]
The New York City police department had only started hiring women (“police matrons") to look after female and child prisoners in 1881. When Goodwin applied for a job after her husband died, she had to pass an exam then was hired as a jail matron by then police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, who later became the president of the United States. [4] [1] It was a low paid position, making only $1000/year, and she only had one day off each month. [3] [1] She served in this position for 15 years. During this time, she began going undercover to investigate crimes, and her mother watched her children. [5] [1] [6]
In 1912, there was a case involving a midday robbery where "taxi bandits" beat up two clerks and stole $25,000 in downtown Manhattan. [7] Even with 60 detectives assigned to the case, no one could solve the robbery. [1] [8] The story was followed nationally, according to a New York Times article at the time. After going undercover, Goodwin cracked the case. [9] [10] [11] As a result, she was appointed as New York's first female detective and given the rank of 1st grade lieutenant. [5] [3] [12] Her salary was raised from $1000 to $2,250/year. [1] During her career, she specialized in exposing fortune tellers and swindlers. [8]
In 1921, she married [13] a man who was thirty years younger than her. She continued working after her marriage, which was not common at the time for a woman. [12] [1] When she retired, she had worked for the NYC police department for thirty years. [1]
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Isabella Goodwin Seaholm | |
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Born | Isabella Loghry February 20, 1865 |
Died | October 26, 1943
New York City, U.S. | (aged 77–78)
Burial place | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn |
Occupation | American police officer. |
Spouses |
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Isabella Goodwin (née Loghry) was an American police officer and the first female detective in New York City.
Isabella Loghry was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan in 1865 [1] to James Harvey Loghry and Anna J. Monteith, who ran a restaurant and hotel on Canal St. Around 1885, aged 19, she married John W. Goodwin, a police officer. The couple had six children, of which four survived. [1] [2] Goodwin was widowed in 1896, when she was 30 years old. [3]
The New York City police department had only started hiring women (“police matrons") to look after female and child prisoners in 1881. When Goodwin applied for a job after her husband died, she had to pass an exam then was hired as a jail matron by then police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, who later became the president of the United States. [4] [1] It was a low paid position, making only $1000/year, and she only had one day off each month. [3] [1] She served in this position for 15 years. During this time, she began going undercover to investigate crimes, and her mother watched her children. [5] [1] [6]
In 1912, there was a case involving a midday robbery where "taxi bandits" beat up two clerks and stole $25,000 in downtown Manhattan. [7] Even with 60 detectives assigned to the case, no one could solve the robbery. [1] [8] The story was followed nationally, according to a New York Times article at the time. After going undercover, Goodwin cracked the case. [9] [10] [11] As a result, she was appointed as New York's first female detective and given the rank of 1st grade lieutenant. [5] [3] [12] Her salary was raised from $1000 to $2,250/year. [1] During her career, she specialized in exposing fortune tellers and swindlers. [8]
In 1921, she married [13] a man who was thirty years younger than her. She continued working after her marriage, which was not common at the time for a woman. [12] [1] When she retired, she had worked for the NYC police department for thirty years. [1]
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