{"product_id":"put-the-money-in-my-purse-9781476687643","title":"Put the Money in My Purse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. \"This will all blow up\"\u003cbr\u003ePart I. It Begins\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Centralized Bank: The Eagle, Not the Turkey\u003cbr\u003e 2. Setting the Precedent: Yellow Fever and the First U.S. Bank Robbery\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cora Hubbard: The First Lady of Bank Robbery\u003cbr\u003ePart II. The \"Wild Bunch\" in Skirts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Queens of the Wild Frontier\u003cbr\u003e 5. Etta\/Ethel Place: The Sundance Kid's Second Partner in Crime\u003cbr\u003e 6. Laura Bullion: The Thorny Rose\u003cbr\u003ePart III. The Legends\u003cbr\u003e 7. J. Edgar Creates Monsters: Why the 20s Roared\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bonnie Parker: The Bank Robber's Darling\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Ma\" Barker: J. Edgar's Gal\u003cbr\u003e10. Estella Dickson: \"(Not So) Sure Shot Stella\"\u003cbr\u003ePart IV. Rosie the Riveter Robs a Bank\u003cbr\u003e11. World War II, a Turning Point: Gun Girls, Child Brides, and Show Girls\u003cbr\u003e12. Opal Dixon: The Brunette with a Syringe\u003cbr\u003e13. Esther and Patsy Whiting: The Family That Robs Together\u003cbr\u003e14. Dorothy Mary Platt: Despondent ­Gun-Girl\u003cbr\u003e15. Wanda DiCenzi and Rose O'Donnell: First to Be Caught on Camera\u003cbr\u003e16. Carolyn Sue McQueen: There Goes the Honeymoon\u003cbr\u003e17. Linda Marsh: There Goes Christmas\u003cbr\u003ePart V. \"Power to the People!\"\u003cbr\u003e18. Undercover: \"Someone willing to take action\"\u003cbr\u003e19. Susan Saxe and Katherine Ann Power: Radicals\u003cbr\u003e20. The Symbionese Liberation Army: Stealing Patty\u003cbr\u003e21. The New World Liberation Front: \"Expect the Unexpected\"\u003cbr\u003e22. Sara Jane Olson: AKA Kathy Soliah's \"Witch Hunt\"\u003cbr\u003ePart VI. What Little Girls Aren't Made\u003cbr\u003e23. Mean Little Girls: Or Mean Little Brains?\u003cbr\u003e24. Chelsea and Elysia Wortman: Twin Twin Robberies Robberies\u003cbr\u003e25. Moxham, Johnstown, Pennsylvania; The Youngest Female Robber Caught\u003cbr\u003e26. Symmes Township, Cincinnati, Ohio: The Youngest Female Robber at Large\u003cbr\u003e27. Oakley, Ohio: \"She skipped school to rob a bank\"\u003cbr\u003e28. Fall River, Massachusetts: Down the Street from Lizzie\u003cbr\u003e29. Urbana, Illinois: Jumping Off the Bridge\u003cbr\u003ePart VII. Diapers and Electric Bills\u003cbr\u003e30. Stealing to Buy Necessities: \"Literally Robbing for Pampers\"\u003cbr\u003e31. Naomi Betts: A Lot of Time, Money, and Attention\u003cbr\u003e32. Ashley Carrington: \"Used It to Pay Bills\"\u003cbr\u003ePart VIII. A Cane in One Hand, a Gun in the Other\u003cbr\u003e33. The Granny Bandits: Truth About the \"Golden\" Years\u003cbr\u003e34. Rowena Leonard: No Capone and No Irish Terrorist\u003cbr\u003e35. Gail Cooke: (We Think That's Her Name)\u003cbr\u003e36. Josephine Sari: The \"Hooded Bank Robbing Granny\"\u003cbr\u003e37. Gail Simpson: Big Pun's Little Mama\u003cbr\u003e38. Emily Coakley: Oldest Female Robber on Record\u003cbr\u003ePart IX. Who Needs Television When We Have Reality?\u003cbr\u003e39. Voyeurs: America's Obsession with Fake Reality\u003cbr\u003e40. Betty Oldham: LSD and Bank Robbery\u003cbr\u003e41. Carolyn Sue Turner: \"What I Did on Summer Vacation\"\u003cbr\u003e42. Hannah Sabata: YouTube's \"Chick Bank Robber\"\u003cbr\u003e43. Heather \"Charli\" Johnston and Ashley \"Adrienne\" Miller: Barbie's Bank Heist Adventure\u003cbr\u003e44. Wanda Irvin: The ­One-Armed Bandit\u003cbr\u003e45. The Starlet Bandit(s): A New Kinda Hustle\u003cbr\u003ePart X. What the ­G-Men Know\u003cbr\u003e46. The Current Statistics: Who's Robbing the Banks?\u003cbr\u003e47. \"Don't Pull from the Clip\/No Dye Packs\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040503660887,"sku":"9781476687643","price":17.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476687643.jpg?v=1750946949","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/put-the-money-in-my-purse-9781476687643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}