Women being part of organized crime has been fairly hidden for a long time. The same could be said about how Goodfellas was a new in the mob, and no one seems to notice.
You can look at most gangs, from Italian to Negro, and all of them have a devout reverence to their mother no matter how powerful they themselves are. In a way, these women are the real leash holders of the entire organization and likely the reason these types become criminals in the first place.
Women being part of organized crime has been fairly hidden for a long time. The same could be said about how Goodfellas was a new in the mob, and no one seems to notice.
You can look at most gangs, from Italian to Negro, and all of them have a devout reverence to their mother no matter how powerful they themselves are. In a way, these women are the real leash holders of the entire organization and likely the reason these types become criminals in the first place.