Women and the Noose: A History of Female Execution
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A fascinating insight into the crimes of women, and how their executions took place
From Sarah Malcolm, sentenced to be executed for multiple murders in the early eighteenth century, to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955, Women and the Noose traces the history of female crime through the cases of seventy women who met their end on the hangman’s gallows.
In this detailed account, each woman’s story is revealed: her background, criminal acts and execution. Through thei...
From Sarah Malcolm, sentenced to be executed for multiple murders in the early eighteenth century, to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in 1955, Women and the Noose traces the history of female crime through the cases of seventy women who met their end on the hangman’s gallows.
In this detailed account, each woman’s story is revealed: her background, criminal acts and execution. Through thei...






















