Leah Halton: Unraveling the Enigmatic Life of the FBI's First Female Agent

The book chronicles her early career as one of the FBI’s first female agents and her relationship with the mobster with whom she ultimately took down organized crime in Chicago. Smith, one of the most prolific and accomplished women. Moore and Vassilakos both had the chance to meet the trailblazing first female special agents last week, at an FBI event celebrating all women who've served in that role. It was so meaningful to meet them and to hear their stories, and. Leah Halton: her birthday, what she did before fame, her family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. But her dogged demeanor and undeniable intelligence led to the most meaningful role she ever had in the FBI: the first female agent in the Behavioral Science Unit at Quantico. “How do you... Our early female pioneers had a lot of fascinating stories to tell about this work—how dangerous it was, how they gained the trust of criminals, how they used their specialized language and other...

On July 17, 1972, the first two women of the modern era entered the FBI Training Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Fourteen weeks later they emerged as special agents. Over the next 40 years, women agents reshaped the Bureau, achieving leadership posts across the U.S. and around the world. As one of the first female agents in the FBI Behavioral Science Unit – now known as the Behavioral Analysis Unit – Jana Monroe was involved in over 850 homicide investigations, helping shape FBI profiling techniques used today. When local homicide detectives in St. Petersburg, Florida, hit a dead end tracking down the individual who killed Ohio mom Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters in 1989, Jana Monroe came up with an idea that led to a break in the case. In this episode, active and retired FBI agents review historical documents and share stories about Director Hoover’s initial rejection, the Bureau’s eventual acceptance of female agents in the FBI, and their personal FBI career journeys as women. Our early female pioneers had a lot of fascinating stories to tell about this work—how dangerous it was, how they gained the trust of criminals, how they used their specialized language and other... As the FBI celebrates 100 years of African-American special agents and observes Women’s History Month, we remember Sylvia Mathis, the first African-American woman to serve as an FBI agent. Susan Malone, the first woman to be an FBI agent, joins us to discuss her journey through the organization and how she broke boundaries in the profession.

Moore and Vassilakos both had the chance to meet the trailblazing first female special agents last week, at an FBI event celebrating all women who've served in that role. It was so meaningful to meet them and to hear their stories, and. Our early female pioneers had a lot of fascinating stories to tell about this work—how dangerous it was, how they gained the trust of criminals, how they used their specialized language and other...