"Gangster Women" gave an overview over some of the most nortorious gangsters from the early twentieth century and their mostly far less well known lovers.

This book serves as a nice introduction to these gangster molls but doesn't go into too much detail. The writing is easy to get through and kept my interest through out, but the book mostly didn't go into much depth about any of the women it introduces to the reader.

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Gangster Women by Susan McNicoll offers a basic introduction to the gangster women or "molls" presented in the book. A brief overview of a handful of women, most of them noteworthy simply for the company they kept. Company like John Dillanger, "Baby Face" Nelson, and Alvin "Creepy" Karpis; all men who were at or near the top of the "public enemy" list at one time or another.

Most of the short chapters in this book have the feel of extended wikipedia articles. Nothing particularly groundbreaking. It makes for an interesting short read but is unlikely to satisfy anything but the most basic curiosity about these women who chose to live outside the law with some of the most dangerous men of the time.

I might recommend this to anyone looking for a starting point to do their own research into whichever of these women they might find interesting but on its own Gangster Women really isn't all that noteworthy.