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

Publication Info.	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (xxviii, 127 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction: Lethal injection--the ultimate high -- Hanging--"[D]on't hang me high ... for decency sake" -- The electric chair--"This is a step forward in the cause of humanity" -- The gas chamber--"How in the hell would you know?" -- Federal executions of women -- The last two of the 20th century -- The new century -- Clemencies and commutations -- What must a woman do to be executed? -- Conclusion.
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Subject	Women prisoners -- United States -- Case studies.
	Women prisoners.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	Death row inmates -- United States -- Case studies.
	Death row inmates.
	Capital punishment -- United States -- Case studies.
	Capital punishment.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 1900-2008
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Case studies.
Other Form:	Print version: Gillespie, L. Kay. Executed women of the 20th and 21st centuries. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2009 9780761845669 0761845666 (DLC) 2009924598 (OCoLC)316827954
ISBN	9780761845676 (electronic book)
	0761845674 (electronic book)
	0761845666
	9780761845669