02486cam a2200385 i 4500 499666786 TxAuBib 20210414120000.0 200616s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020025856 9780063065130 $26.99 0063065134 $26.99 (OCoLC)1156163841 TxAuBib rda Telfer, Tori. Confident women : swindlers, grifters, and shapeshifters of the feminine persuasion / Tori Telfer. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021. ℗2021. xiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-336). Introduction: Charming -- The glitterati. Jeanne de Saint-R©♭my ; Cassie Chadwick ; Wang Ti -- The seers. The spiritualists ; Fu Futtam ; Rose Marks -- The fabulists. The Anastasias ; Roxie Ann Rice ; The tragediennes ; Bonny Lee Bakley -- The drifters. Lauretta J. Williams ; Margaret Lydia Burton Sante Kimes -- Conclusion: Confident. "Why do we love stories about scammers so much? Journalist Tori Telfer dives into the stories of historical female con women and explains why we are so enamored by their scams"-- Provided by publisher. The art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its female practitioners are some of the best-- or worst. Telfer introduces us to a host of lady swindlers whose scams ranged from the outrageous to the deadly. Among them: In 1700s Paris, Jeanne de Saint-R©♭my scammed the royal jewelers out of a necklace made from six hundred and forty-seven diamonds by pretending she was best friends with Queen Marie Antoinette. Cassie Chadwick got banks to loan her upwards of $40,000 by telling people she was Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter. In the 1970s teenager Roxie Ann Rice scammed the entire NFL. And the scams continue.... -- adapted from jacket. 20210414. Swindlers and swindling Biography. Women Psychology. Women in popular culture. Female offenders Biography. Biographies. True crime stories.