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Gertrude “Cleo” Lythgoe was one of the most powerful women bootleggers in the 1920s.

Peer Reviewed Source 1: Feminine Side of Bootlegging


 * why women bootlegged- but mostly domestic stuff
 * To provide for children
 * Support their husband who is bootlegging
 * talks a bit about Women entrepenuaers in bootlegging
 * women and context- but not super helpful

Peer Reviewed Source 2: Bootlegging Mothers and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana


 * Mostly about Women at home making alcohol
 * How prohibition changed the social dynamic to make it ok for women to drink in public

Peer Reviewed Source 3: Florida and Rumrunning during National Prohibition


 * Mostly about the logistics of bootlegging and getting alcohol from the sea onto the land

Other Source 1: FEARS JINX: Woman Rum Runner Can't Even Sleep


 * How and why she ends her bootlegging days

Other Source 2: December 20, 1925


 * Lots of detail about her life
 * Some of her childhood, what she did before, how she got into business, who she considered friends, a bit about her trial in Miami

Other Source 3: June 13, 1965 (Page 137 of 153)


 * Memoir- some stories from her life
 * What she did after Rum Running

Other Source 4: March 7, 1971 (Page 190 of 321)


 * Some background info on how she came to be a bootlegger
 * A story of her and McCoy
 * What she did after bootlegging