The Liberation of Marguerite Harrison
America's First Female Foreign Intelligence Agent
Having apparently appeased Cheka, Marguerite Harrison was released from solitary confinement and placed in a cell with a dozen other women who faced political charges. These inmates included a young peasant girl who was overheard speaking about a new revolution, wives and girlfriends of White Russian Army officers, and aristocrats who had supported the czar. …
After a week in solitary confinement, Marguerite appealed to Mogilevsky to end the torture. She told herself that he was not a cruel man and did not want her to suffer. After all, they had had pleasant conversations discussing French literature and political philosophy. He had shared his story of growing up in a provincial …
Marguerite Harrison, a confessed American spy and the former sister-in-law of the Maryland governor, was a prize catch for the Russian Cheka. Two days after he arrest, the man who had recruited her to become a double agent, Solomon Mogilevsky, summoned her to his office. After her release, Marguerite posed for a photo wearing her …
Marguerite knew that it was only a matter of time before Mogilevsky would grow dissatisfied with her reports and order her arrest. The time came on on October 20. She had returned to the guesthouse after working late at the Foreign Office and was getting ready for bed around two o’clock in the morning when …
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The Liberation of Marguerite Harrison 