GRACE REISLING First Special Agent Canine (K-9) Handler ATF Pioneer PDF

JANA MONROE, Assistant Director, FBI (retired)
First female profiler in the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit
First Assistant Director of the FBI Cyber Division, in Washington D.C. 
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MARIE JOHNSON Trailblazer for the U.S. Capitol Police Video

Marie retired after 32 years of service. She joined in 1974 and was one of the first four women to join and the first Black woman to wear the USCP badge.  In March of 2022, the United States Capitol Police has 328 female officers; 160 are women of color. Ms. Johnson paved a path to make it easier for those who followed.

KURSTEN CLARK Trailblazer at 18 years old for the Navy Region
Mid-Atlantic
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“I never knew where exactly, but I knew I wanted to do it, I love helping others out and once I saw and heard the presentation, it sealed the deal,” Clark said.

Clark trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or FLETC, in Glynco, Georgia. She graduated as the youngest civilian officer within the department.

SUSAN ROLEY MALONE
Interview of the first Female FBI Agent

Susan Roley Malone was one of the first two women special agents in 1972. This interview was conducted on
June 21, 2012. (FBI)
PDF  |  Interview Video

1972: The First Two Female Special Agents in the FBI Were
A Marine and a Nun

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a firm rule: only men could be special agents in the FBI . But that rule changed shortly after his death in May 1972, paving the way for the first female modern Special Agents. The two women, Joanne Pierce Misko and Susan Roley Malone, joined their 43 male counterparts at the FBI's Special Agent training course in Quantico, VA, in July 1972. Joanne Pierce Misko had been a nun in New York for 10 years before getting her start as a researcher with the FBI in 1970. Susan Roley Malone had already broken stereotypes as a U.S. Marine when the FBI began accepting special agent applications from women.  They worked hard and wanted to be just like any other agent. "We wanted to be agents first. We just happened to be women."

JOANNE PIERCE MISKO

Interview of one of the First Two Female FBI Agents

Joanne Pierce Misko was one of the first two women special agents in 1972. This interview was conducted on
June 22, 2012. (FBI)
PDF  |  Interview Video
Deceased February 13, 2024

PHOEBE COUZINS
One of the first female lawyers in the United States, and she became the very first female
deputy United States Marshal.
Wikipedia Article | Women in History

JO ANN KOCHER
First female ATF agent.
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ELIZEBETH SMITH FRIEDMAN

First Federal Cryptologist
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Dedication of the Auditorium of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to Elizebeth Smith Friedman, America's first Federal Law Enforcement Cryptologist and a pioneer in intelligence-led policing.

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES
06.17.2014
Video by Paul Criner
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

-At about 51.40, the ATF unveils a portrait and Elizabeth's grandson speaks about her. He says his grandparents sent birthday cards to their grandkids in code and provides other personal details of  her life.
-At about 1:08, WIFLE's President, Catherine W. Sanz, makes the announcement on the WIFLE Award honoring Elizabeth.