A Powerpoint Presentation about three smart, independent women: two who were criminal attorneys and one who was a career criminal. They stood on opposite sides of the law, yet they confronted many of the same challenges and discrimination, persevering in a world where men made up the rules.  Through their own intriguing stories, answers will be shared how they succeeded in places where women normally weren’t welcome.  Sophie Lyons was one of the most notorious female criminals of the nineteenth century. Late in life she “went straight” and became a successful Detroit businesswoman.  Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins defended six members of the infamous John Dillinger gang in the early 1930s.

Author, D.M. Testa, originally from Northwest Ohio which she visits on a regular basis, currently lives and works in Western New York state. She is the author of Defending the Dillinger Gang: Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins in the Courtroom.  Author, Shayne Davidson, got hooked on genealogy and crime history while tracing the ne’er-do-wells in her grandfather’s family tree. A blogger at CapturedAndExposed.com, she is the author of Queen of the Burglars: The Scandalous Life of Sophie Lyons. 

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