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Dr. Grace Di Méo
@gracedimeo.bsky.social
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Lecturer. Research: historical criminology; women & crime; gangs & organised crime; criminal network analysis. All about cats, fantasy, knitting & jazz.
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Dr. Grace Di Méo @gracedimeo.bsky.social · Mar 7
So lovely to see this moment being remembered. Also makes me miss my home city!
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Dr. Grace Di Méo @gracedimeo.bsky.social · Feb 25
YEP! The Forty Elephants weren't even a gang in the Victorian period...!
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Dr. Grace Di Méo @gracedimeo.bsky.social · Feb 21
Thank you!
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Dr. Grace Di Méo @gracedimeo.bsky.social · Feb 21
Yeah, Alice Diamond appears late 1910s, much beyond Mary Carr. I guess another issue is that 'Forty Thieves' was a common name for gangs back then because of the popularity of Ali Baba...but historic newspapers always conflate these things to make our brains hurt!
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Dr. Grace Di Méo @gracedimeo.bsky.social · Feb 21
Absolutely, would love to! 😍
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Dr. Grace Di Méo @gracedimeo.bsky.social · Feb 21
Yep, getting frustrated by seeing the gang called 'Forty Elephants' when they were actually the 'Forty Thieves', so thank you for raising!
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Dr. Grace Di Méo @gracedimeo.bsky.social · Feb 21
First post here! Sharing my latest article on the all-female 'Forty Elephants' gang (maybe of interest if you've been reading about the new #AThousandBlows show?) - read me for tales of women bandits, getaway driving and West End shoplifting! #historians #criminology #gangs doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
‘An amazing gang of women crooks and blackmailers’: women, organized crime, and the ‘Forty Elephants’ gang in inter-war Britain
Abstract. Women’s participation in organized crime has been overlooked within historical research, with studies typically relegating their roles to that of
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