Women and Capital Punishment in America, 1840-1899
Perhaps the single medium in which women have been consistently treated as equal to men is the American judicial system. Although the system has met with enormous public condemnation, equality under the law has justified the legal execution of nearly six hundred American women since 1632.
This book profiles the lives and cases of selected women sentenced to capital punishment in America betwe...
Perhaps the single medium in which women have been consistently treated as equal to men is the American judicial system. Although the system has met with enormous public condemnation, equality under the law has justified the legal execution of nearly six hundred American women since 1632.
This book profiles the lives and cases of selected women sentenced to capital punishment in America betwe...
