Pretty Pants Bandit: Rose Durante

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Title

Pretty Pants Bandit: Rose Durante

Subject

Female Gangster

Description

Marie Baker was a female gangster who robbed a number of stores. She was especially known, and even earned herself a nickname for, her bizarre requests when she robbed store clerks. She would go into a store, force all customers to leave, and would then force the clerks to give her their pants. One day, she was robbing a butcher at a butcher shop, when she decided to check her makeup for a moment. The clerk escaped and immediately gathered the police. Marie Baker was caught and later revealed to be Rose Durante. She served three years in prison and then mysteriously disappeared.

Creator

New York Daily News

Source

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mob-molls-new-york-city-gallery-1.1291334?pmSlide=1.1291326, http://mentalfloss.com/article/58626/10-female-gangsters-you-should-know-about

Publisher

New York Daily News, Mental Floss

Date

1930s

Contributor

N/A

Rights

No Copyright

Relation

Female Gangsters

Format

Photograph

Language

English

Type

Person of Interest

Identifier

Female Gangsters

Coverage

Female Gangsters

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

Unknown

Birthplace

Unknown

Death Date

Unknown

Occupation

Female Gangster, Robber

Biographical Text

Marie Baker was a female pants robber in the 1930s.

Bibliography

Puchko, Kristy. "10 Female Gangsters You Should Know About." Mental Floss. Mentalfloss, 1 Sept. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
New York Daily News. "Mob Moll, 1933." New York Daily News. New York Daily News, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2016.

Collection

Citation

New York Daily News, “Pretty Pants Bandit: Rose Durante,” Forgotten American Gangsters, accessed April 26, 2024, https://forgottengangsters.omeka.net/items/show/8.

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