Author

Publication

2008 - McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

53,000 words, Guess

Page Count

212 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780786438235
  • ISBN-100786438231
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008005200
  • OCLC Control Number192042165
  • Better World Books9780786438235
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC364.66082/0973
  • LCCHV8699.U5 S36 2008
  • LCCHV8699.U5S36 2008

Description

"This book profiles the lives and cases of selected women sentenced to capital punishment in America between 1840 and 1899, most of whom were executed by hanging. The book is divided into chapters by decades, chronologically following the long and heated debate regarding women and capital punishment"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryCanada, historyCapital punishmentUnited states, historyWomen death row inmatesCapital punishment -- Canada -- History -- 19th centuryWomen death row inmates -- Canada -- History -- 19th century

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