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Anybody know any (fictional, but RL would also be great) female detectives who aren't white from the period between ~1880 and 1940? Anywhere in the world, in any period in any medium by anyone (in any language, though the existence of an English translation would be nice)? If she's not the actual detective, at least a major supporting character in a mystery novel or series? Preferably non-faily?

There's Judah Daniel, and some of Benjamin January's friends & family, but they're too early.

Kogoro Akechi was married, but I can't find anything in English about his wife. And a few minor characters in Amelia Peabody, but as far as I can tell they aren't really actively involved in the detectiving.

...surely there are some and I just don't know how to look?

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Offhand, I could come up with characters that fit some of your conditions, but none that meet all of them. You could try checking your local library for the mystery anthologies (often shelved all together at the end or beginning of the mystery section). Collections on a theme (like the Sisters in Crime female-detective anthologies), or set in particular times (like the 'Holmes's contemporaries' collections) would be a starting point. Of course, that's more likely to get you one-off short stories than series characters.

Yeah, I can find people who fit two of the three requirements (gender, race, and period) but not all three.

Well, there's a trip to the library in my near future anyway; looking for themed anthologies is a good idea, thanks.