Women and the Gallows, 1797-1837

This true crime history of Georgian England reveals the scandalous lives-and unceremonious deaths-of more than 100 women who faced execution. In the last four decades of the Georgian era, 131 women were sent to the gallows. Unlike most convicted felons, none of them were spared by an official reprieve. Historian Naomi Clifford examines the crimes these women committed and asks why their grim sentences were carried out. Women and the Gallows, 1797-1837reveals the harsh and unequal treatment women could expect from the criminal justice system of the time. It also brings new insight into the lives and the events that led these women to their deaths. Clifford explores cases of infanticide among domestic servants, counterfeiting, husband poisoning, as well as the infamous Eliza Fenning case. This volume also includes a complete chronology of the executed women and their crimes.

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Naomi Clifford likes nothing better than sharing extraordinary real-life stories from the past. Her previous books include The Disappearance of Maria Glenn, which looked at the abduction of a young heiress in 1817, and Women and the Gallows 1797 to 1837: Unfortunate Wretches, about the hanging of 131 women for crimes ranging from husband murder to sheep stealing.

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In the last four decades of the Georgian era 131 women went to the gallows. What were their crimes? And why, unlike most convicted felons, were they not reprieved?Women and the Gallows, 1797-1837 brings new insights into their lives and the events that led them to their deaths, and includes chapters on baby murder among domestic servants, counterfeiting, husband poisoning, as well as the infamous Eliza Fenning case.Plus, for the first time, all the stories of the women have been compiled in a unique chronology.