Angela Rose Canfield (1840 – August 23, 1925) was a politician, activist, and milliner in Illinois.

[1] She then worked as a Pinkerton private police officer and combatted the Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania in the late 1800s.

[2] Around 1881, Canfield settled in Warren, Illinois, where she became active in the statewide women's suffrage movement.

[2][3] She was also affiliated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and various other women's activism organizations.

[1][2] She vowed to punish "boodlers and grafters," as well as law enforcement officers who didn't pull their weight.