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Executed women of the 20th and 21st centuries / L. Kay Gillespie.
- Title
- Executed women of the 20th and 21st centuries / L. Kay Gillespie.
- Author
- Gillespie, L. Kay.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2009.
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- Description
- xxviii, 127 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Executed Women of the 20th and 21st Centuries provides a look into the lives, crimes, and executions of women during the 20th and 21st centuries. Rather than dealing with these women as numbers and statistics, this book presents them as human beings. Each of these women had lives, histories, and families. The purpose is not to condone their actions, but to suggest that those we executed are, in fact, humans--rather than monsters, as they are often portrayed."--Jacket
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780761845669
- 0761845666
- LCCN
- ^^2009924598
- OCLC
- 316827954
- SCSB-12844493
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library