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Mary Shanley

June 10, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Mary Shanley

"Deadshot" Mary

A detective for the NYPD (eventually becoming the fourth woman there to make first-grade detective), Shanley was a frequent subject of contemporary newspapers.

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