Anna Genovese

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Anna Genovese (formerly Vernotico, née Giovaninna Petillo; 28 October 1905^[1] – January 1982) was an Italian-American businesswoman in the Italian mob and the second wife of mobster Vito Genovese of the Genovese crime family and the Costello crime syndicate.^[2] She played a key role in Manhattan's drag bar scene in the middle of the 20th century.^{[3][clarification needed]}