3 of the WORST Mothers in History:

Mary Ann Cotton, Ma Barker and Anna Cunningham

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS  

MARY ANN COTTON:

Carlton, Genevieve “The Disturbing Story of Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s First Serial Killer”. All That’s Interesting. June 23, 2021Updated July 26, 2021. ACCESSED 26 March 2022.  https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-ann-cotton

Mary Ann Cotton. Murderpedia.  ACCESSED 25 March, 2022.  https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cotton-mary-ann.htm

Mary Anne Cotton.  Wikipedia. ACCESSED 25 March 2022.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Cotton

MA BARKER:  

 Warde, Samuel. “Why The FBI Thought Ma Barker Was America’s Most Dangerous Mind In The 1930s”  All That’s Interesting. Aug 21, 2020 Updated September 15, 2020. ACCESSED 5 March 2022. https://allthatsinteresting.com/ma-barker

“Ma Barker Biography” Biography.com. April 2, 2014 Updated 5 Aug 2020. ACCESSED 27 March 2022. https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ma-barker

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ma Barker". Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Jan. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ma-Barker. Accessed 27 March 2022.

ANNA CUNNINGHAM:

Anna CUNNINGHAM. Murderpedia. ACCESSED 27 March 2022. https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cunningham-anna.htm

Borrelli, Christopher “Does This Taste Funny to You? Chocago’s long, gross history of food poisoning”. Chicago Times. October 30, 2018. ACCESSED 27 March 2022. 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-poisoning-history-chicago-1031-story.html

Newton, Michael “Anna Cunningham”. Serial Killer Calendar.  ACCESSED 25 March 2022.https://www.serialkillercalendar.com/Anna%20CUNNINGHAM.php

 Unknown Misandry: Unknown Gender History: Anna Cunningham. Thursday September 22, 2011. ACCESSED 27 March 2022. Posted by St. Estephe.   http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/09/anna-cunningham-chicago-serial-killer.html

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