LAWBREAKING LADIES: 50 REMARKABLE STORIES OF CRIMINAL WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY by Erika Owen will be published on February 23, 2021, by Tiller Press.
In LAWBREAKING LADIES, Erika Owen looks at women throughout history who were notorious for breaking the law. These disreputable women are broken down into categories depending on their crimes: including pirates, charlatans, gamblers, bootleggers, serial killers, madams/prostitutes, and outlaws. Some of these women are well known—such as Bonnie Parker and Anne Bonney. Others I had never heard of before, but I’m thrilled to have learned about them. History books frequently skip over the contributions of women—especially is the contributions came on the wrong side of the law. Owen provides a short but entertaining summary of each woman’s life and crimes. None of the accounts are overly in depth—mainly because few facts were recorded about some of these women—and it left me wanting to know more about each of these women.
Overall, LAWBREAKING LADIES is an enjoyable read. I recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about women’s history.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.