Behind the Scenes of Syndicate Women

Dr. Chris Smith is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto and an UWEC 2003 alum with a B.A. in Sociology. Dr. Smith, author of, "Syndicate Women: Gender and Networks in Chicago Organized Crime" will be discussing her book. Dr. Smith "uncovers a unique historical puzzle: women composed a substantial part of Chicago organized crime in the early 1900s…it centers on the women who have been erased from analyses of gender and crime…"View poster here (https://calendar.uwec.edu/live/files/20-book-talk-by-chris-smith).