SOC362H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fredericka Mandelbaum, Lower East Side, Law Abiding Citizen
Document Summary
The life and crimes of old mother" mandelbaum. smithsonian. com. (https://www. smithsonianmag. com/history/the-life- and-crimes-of-old-mother-mandelbaum-71693582/). Fredericka mandelbaum also known as marm married and moved to new. York"s lower east side with her husband - she had 4 kids. Small peddling business - did not do well at first but after the panic of 1857, Kids started pickpocketing and looting for marm from which they would get paid. Marm and her husband leased a building in 1865 where they opened a dry goods store upfront but had a warehouse of stolen goods in the back - she sold goods for a profit. She became very successful whereas her husband was more of a background character he died in 1875. Befriended police chiefs and judges at the local court as well as politicians male dominated professions. She became a huge crime promoter and a large part of the underworld - she is known as the center/creator of the organization of crime in new york city.
