Executed women of the 20th and 21st centuries / L. Kay Gillespie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillespie, L. Kay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executions and executioners--United States--History.

Executions and executioners.

Women prisoners--Death--History.

Women prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Plymouth : University Press of America, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a look into the lives, crimes, and executions of women during the 20th and 21st centuries. The purpose is not to condone the actions of these women, but to suggest that those we executed are, in fact, humans_rather than monsters, as they are often portrayed.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface to Revised Edition; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Lethal Injection-The Ultimate High; Part One. Hanging-"[D]on't Hang Me High . . . for Decency Sake.; Part Two. The Electric Chair-"This Is a Step Forward in the Cause of Humanity."; Photospread; Part Three. The Gas Chamber-"How in the Hell Would You Know?"; Part Four. Federal Executions of Women; Part Five. The Last Two of the 20th Century; Part Six. The New Century; Part Seven. Clemencies and Commutations; Part Eight. What Must a Woman Do to Be Executed?; Conclusion; Appendix

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-47978-4

9786612479786

0-7618-4567-4

OCLC:

612753505