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"Drawing on media reports, interviews and court records, this book recounts the stories of women bank robbers in the United States, from the time of the Revolutionary War to the present. Ranging from sensational to poignant to comical, the heists of frontier outlaws, gun molls, insurrectionists, housewives, grandmas and young mothers ""literally robbing for Pampers"" are narrated as part of the social history of women in America."

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Author:   Judith A. Yates
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781476687643

ISBN 10:   1476687641
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   11 February 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction. “This will all blow up” Part I. It Begins  1. A Centralized Bank: The Eagle, Not the Turkey  2. Setting the Precedent: Yellow Fever and the First U.S. Bank Robbery  3. Cora Hubbard: The First Lady of Bank Robbery Part II. The “Wild Bunch” in Skirts  4. Queens of the Wild Frontier  5. Etta/Ethel Place: The Sundance Kid’s Second Partner in Crime  6. Laura Bullion: The Thorny Rose Part III. The Legends  7. J. Edgar Creates Monsters: Why the 20s Roared  8. Bonnie Parker: The Bank Robber’s Darling  9. “Ma” Barker: J. Edgar’s Gal 10. Estella Dickson: “(Not So) Sure Shot Stella” Part IV. Rosie the Riveter Robs a Bank 11. World War II, a Turning Point: Gun Girls, Child Brides, and Show Girls 12. Opal Dixon: The Brunette with a Syringe 13. Esther and Patsy Whiting: The Family That Robs Together 14. Dorothy Mary Platt: Despondent ­Gun-Girl 15. Wanda DiCenzi and Rose O’Donnell: First to Be Caught on Camera 16. Carolyn Sue McQueen: There Goes the Honeymoon 17. Linda Marsh: There Goes Christmas Part V. “Power to the People!” 18. Undercover: “Someone willing to take action” 19. Susan Saxe and Katherine Ann Power: Radicals 20. The Symbionese Liberation Army: Stealing Patty 21. The New World Liberation Front: “Expect the Unexpected” 22. Sara Jane Olson: AKA Kathy Soliah’s “Witch Hunt” Part VI. What Little Girls Aren’t Made 23. Mean Little Girls: Or Mean Little Brains? 24. Chelsea and Elysia Wortman: Twin Twin Robberies Robberies 25. Moxham, Johnstown, Pennsylvania; The Youngest Female Robber Caught 26. Symmes Township, Cincinnati, Ohio: The Youngest Female Robber at Large 27. Oakley, Ohio: “She skipped school to rob a bank” 28. Fall River, Massachusetts: Down the Street from Lizzie 29. Urbana, Illinois: Jumping Off the Bridge Part VII. Diapers and Electric Bills 30. Stealing to Buy Necessities: “Literally Robbing for Pampers” 31. Naomi Betts: A Lot of Time, Money, and Attention 32. Ashley Carrington: “Used It to Pay Bills” Part VIII. A Cane in One Hand, a Gun in the Other 33. The Granny Bandits: Truth About the “Golden” Years 34. Rowena Leonard: No Capone and No Irish Terrorist 35. Gail Cooke: (We Think That’s Her Name) 36. Josephine Sari: The “Hooded Bank Robbing Granny” 37. Gail Simpson: Big Pun’s Little Mama 38. Emily Coakley: Oldest Female Robber on Record Part IX. Who Needs Television When We Have Reality? 39. Voyeurs: America’s Obsession with Fake Reality 40. Betty Oldham: LSD and Bank Robbery 41. Carolyn Sue Turner: “What I Did on Summer Vacation” 42. Hannah Sabata: YouTube’s “Chick Bank Robber” 43. Heather “Charli” Johnston and Ashley “Adrienne” Miller: Barbie’s Bank Heist Adventure 44. Wanda Irvin: The ­One-Armed Bandit 45. The Starlet Bandit(s): A New Kinda Hustle Part X. What the ­G-Men Know 46. The Current Statistics: Who’s Robbing the Banks? 47. “Don’t Pull from the Clip/No Dye Packs” Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Judith A. Yates is an award-winning true crime author and criminologist with over 30 years experience in law enforcement and education. She is the creator of Best True Crime video series and is the editor of True Crime Case Files magazine. She lives in Kentucky.

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