Wanted women
Subtitle: an American obsession in the reign of J. Edgar Hoover
By: Mary Elizabeth Strunk.
Series: CultureAmerica
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700617449
Subjects: Hoover, J. Edgar -- 1895-1972; United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- History -- 20th century; Female offenders -- United States -- Biography; Women outlaws -- United States -- Biography; Crime -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Law enforcement -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932; United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945; United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Ten most wanted; title: The girls behind the man behind the gun; title: Mother Barker, public enemy no. 1; title: The perfectly ambiguous Bonnie Parker; title: Radical cheerleaders and a frustrated PTA type; title: Panther, prisoner, poet, and prize; title: Glorious and bitter ends; title: Epilogue.