Ep. 37 - Las Cuarenta Elefantes

Well Behaved Women

Don't tell ANY of these ladies your credit card number, because they'll never forget it! This. is. THE 40 Elephants gang, a gang of clever ladies that had boutiques all over London quaking in their boots. Join us today for an exciting tale that includes gangsters such as Alice Diamond and Babyface Maggie!

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Elephants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Diamond

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality

https://thecrimewire.com/institutional/The-Most-Notorious-All-Women-Criminal-Gang-in-History

https://www.dannydutch.com/post/meet-the-forty-elephants-the-all-girl-gang-from-london

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZEnyZyYo4

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/criminal-secret-society-the-story-of-forty-elephants/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/27/girl-gang-london-underworld

https://www.historicmysteries.com/40-elephants/

https://www.avclub.com/meet-the-female-shoplifting-gang-who-ruled-london-s-wes-1842528335

https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/female-gang-terrorised-london-200-20306560

https://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/news/how-be-proper-victorian-lady-10-ridiculous-rules-women-1800s

https://www.almanac.com/victorian-era-etiquette-and-manners

https://stmuscholars.org/who-says-a-woman-cant-be-gangsta-alice-diamond-and-the-forty-elephants/

https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/victorian-etiquette/

Image Credits: Found through Wikimedia Commons, pulled from Bitch Media's webpage on the 40 elephants gang.

Link: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality