#hellcat maggie

Hell-Cat Maggie, the woman on Ned Low's crew, was a real woman who lived in the mid-19th century in New York City. She was a member of the Dead Rabbits, an Irish gang who controlled areas around the Bowery (known as the Five Points). She was known as a complete badass, and did reportedly have her teeth filed into points. She also wore claws on the ends of her fingers, resembling cat claws. She's featured in Scorsese's Gangs of New York (first pic).

Very sexy of David Jenkins to use a notorious woman gangster who wasn't born until 100 years after this show is set, and to put her in a completely different setting. Love it.

A poster for an fancy dress fundraising event called ‘pirates… paradise… party!’ put on by Women in Profile (Glasgow Women's Library's precursor) in 1990.

(We heard you like pirates...)