Crime and Judy — Ruby L. Radford

Judy Ward was in a fury! She had gone to the office of J.B. Humphries; she had practically gotten down on her knees. She'd do anything to get a job with J.B., the famous sleuth and her idol. She'd even be just a secretary.

She had talked to the great J.B. himself, and she had tried to explain -- that she could do jujtsu, operate a ham radio, fly a plane; that she was well read in criminology and crime detection. But J.B. hadn't listened; he had glared at her with angry impatience. “A female detective!” he had snorted. “And a red-headed one at that!”