Marguerite Harrison - America's First Female Foreign Intelligence Agent
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During World War I, Marguerite Harrison became the first female foreign intelligence agent employed by US military intelligence. While relatively unknown today, she played a major role in normalizing the idea of a woman working in American intelligence.
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