Gertrude Lythgoe | |
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.png) This photot of Gertrude Lythgoe appears in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1925. | |
| Born | March 1, 1888 Bowling Green, Ohio, USA |
| Died | June 24, 1974 California, USA |
| Known for | Involvement in the rum trade |
| Notable work | The Bahama Queen: The Autobiography of Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe |
| Parent(s) | Charles Lythgoe and Catherine Lappin |
Gertrude Lythgoe (March 1, 1888 - June 24, 1974[1]) was one of the most prominent female rum-runners, or bootleggers, in the 1920s. She had various jobs before working for A. L. William Co in London where she began her involvement in the rum trade.[2] Working out of the city of Nassau in the Bahamas she legally sold imported alcohol to bootleggers during the 1920s.[2][3]
Little recording and research into the role of women selling alcohol during the 1920s has been conducted. However, most women worked domestically, while few were entrepreneurs in the bootlegging business, and no others on such a scale as Gertrude Lythgoe.
- ^ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23D-S66P : Fri Oct 27 01:29:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Gertrude Cecelia Lythgoe and Charles Lythgoe, 1 Mar 1888.
- ^ a b Brennan, Frederick H. (December 20, 1925). "'Queen of the Rum-Runners? Bosh!'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1923-). pp. 13–16.
- ^ Dorschner, John (March 7, 1971). "The Vintage Years of a Bootleg Queen". St.Petersburg Times (1901-). pp. 190–193. ProQuest 2034284033.