I'd never heard of her! The narrative makes me think music needs to be set to this. Makes me think of The Beggar's Opera - Three Penny Opera - Opera del Malandro (sp??) trajectory.
Holy crap, what an amazing lady who managed to have the American Dream for a very long time. I enjoyed this story Jack. You tell interesting history and I love it. Thanks
Enjoyed this, Jack. Love your last line, “…quite a number of pockets were picked at her funeral.” Even though the subject is the life of a criminal, how often is the person recognized if that person is a a female? Women are just as smart, just as capable of entrepreneurship men are.
I'd never heard of her! The narrative makes me think music needs to be set to this. Makes me think of The Beggar's Opera - Three Penny Opera - Opera del Malandro (sp??) trajectory.
You're right. Great show material -- Mother McHeath.
Holy crap, what an amazing lady who managed to have the American Dream for a very long time. I enjoyed this story Jack. You tell interesting history and I love it. Thanks
I have always thought my life has included risk taking, but compared to Fredericka I am just a houseplant!
It's amazing how long it took the law catch up.......we still seem to be in slomo mode today.
From a pushcart peddler to a big bank job -- it's the American Dream!
Love to learn about people I'd never encountered before.
I agree, historians wrote our patriarchal culture.
Enjoyed this, Jack. Love your last line, “…quite a number of pockets were picked at her funeral.” Even though the subject is the life of a criminal, how often is the person recognized if that person is a a female? Women are just as smart, just as capable of entrepreneurship men are.
The idea of the incapable female was cemented in this Victorian period and stuck with some. Then they wrote history to make it seem true.
Wonderful muckraking, Jack. :)
Another great character from the past. Thank you Jack!