<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Michlib-l, </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please join us at 7:00 pm on January 13, 2021 as we host the authors D.M. Testa and Shayne Davidson’s event <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Women</span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> on Opposite Sides of the Law.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please find the event description below:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><span style="line-height:13.91px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:13.91px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Three smart, independent </span>women, two who were criminal attorneys and one who was a career criminal, stood on opposite sides of the law, yet they confronted many of the same challenges and discrimination, persevering in a world where men made up the rules. Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins defended six members of the infamous John Dillinger gang in the early 1930s. Sophie Lyons was one of the most notorious female criminals of the nineteenth century. Testa and Davidson will discuss these three women who spent their lives on opposite sides of the law; what they had in common, how society viewed their chosen fields and the cultural forces which drove them. Through their own intriguing stories, we’ll answer how they succeeded in places where women normally weren’t welcome. D.M. Testa is the author of “Defending the Dillinger Gang: Jessie Levy and Bess Robbins in the Courtroom” and Shayne Davidson authored “Queen of the Burglars: The Scandalous Life of Sophie Lyons.” </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please tap <a href="https://bit.ly/3pSMBdr" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3pSMBdr</a> to register for the free program which will be via Zoom. Thanks and hope that you can make it!</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Mick Howey</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Adult Services Librarian</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Baldwin Public Library</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:13.91px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:mick.howey@baldwinlib.org" target="_blank">mick.howey@baldwinlib.org</a></font></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>