Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women's Work in Chicago's Policy Game BOTY_2025 both as a professional boxer

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Dream Books and Gamblers: Black Women's Work in Chicago's Policy Game BOTY_2025 both as a professional boxerUbiquitous illegal lotteries known as policy flourished in Chicagos Black community during the overlapping waves of the Great Migration. Policy queens owned stakes in lucrative operations while women writers and clerks canvased the neighborhood, passed out winnings, and kept the books. Elizabeth Schroeder Schlabach examines the complexities of Black womens work in policy gambling. Policy provided Black women with a livelihood for themselves and their