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Dancehall ladies : the crimes and executions of America's condemned women

Title
  1. Dancehall ladies : the crimes and executions of America's condemned women / L. Kay Gillespie.
Published by
  1. Lanham : University Press of America, ©1997.
Author
  1. Gillespie, L. Kay.

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Description
  1. xxiii, 122 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Women prisoners > United States > Case studies
  2. Death row inmates > United States > Case studies
  3. Capital punishment > United States > Case studies
  4. Capital punishment
  5. Death row inmates
  6. Women prisoners
  7. Weibliche Gefangene
  8. Todesstrafe
  9. Fallstudiensammlung
  10. United States
  11. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies.
  3. Case studies.
Contents
  1. Introduction: Lethal Injection--The Ultimate High -- North Carolina -- Velma Barfield -- Bessie Mae Williams -- Rosanna Phillips -- Hanging--"Don't hang me high ... for decency sake." -- Arizona -- Eva Dugan -- Vermont -- Mary Rogers -- Louisiana -- Ada LeBoeuf -- Julia Moore -- Delaware -- May Carey -- Mississippi -- Mary Holmes -- Comparison Case -- Winnie Ruth Judd -- The Electric Chair--"This is a step forward in the cause of humanity." -- New York -- Mary Farmer -- Ruth Snyder -- Anna Antonio -- Eva Coo -- Mary Francis Creighton -- Helen Fowler -- Martha Jule Beck -- Alabama -- Selina Gilmore -- Earle Dennison -- Rhonda Belle Martin -- Ohio -- Anna Marie Hahn -- Blanche "Dovie" Dean -- Betty Butler -- Pennsylvania -- Irene Schroeder -- Corrine Sykes -- South Carolina -- Sue Logue -- Rose Marie Stinette -- Virginia -- Virginia Christian -- Illinois -- Marie Porter -- Toni Jo Henry -- Mildred Johnson -- Georgia -- Lena Baker -- Comparison Cases -- Effie Jowers -- Nannie Hazel Doss -- The Gas Chamber--"How in the hell would you know?" -- California -- Juanita Spinelli -- Louise Peete -- Barbara Graham -- Elizabeth Duncan -- Comparison Case: Dr. Alice Wynekoop -- Federal Executions of Women -- Mary Surratt -- Ethel Rosenberg -- Bonnie Brown Heady -- Judith Coplon -- Mildred Gillars -- The Last Two -- Karla Faye Tucker -- Judi Buenoano -- Comparison Case: Guineveve (Guin) Garcia -- Clemencies and Commutations -- What Must a Woman Do to Be Executed? -- Mothers, Their Children and Their Crimes.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.