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Female Murderers Executed in America up to 1967:
NameAgeRaceOccupationCrimeMethodDateState
Margaret HatchWhite?MurderHangingJun241633Virginia
Dorothy TalbyWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingDec61638Massachusetts
Mrs. CornishWhiteHousewifeMurderHanging??1644Maine
Mary Martin22WhiteServantMurderHanging??1646Massachusetts
Alice BishopWhite?MurderHanging??1648Massachusetts
Isabella YousleyWhite?MurderHangingApr171671Maryland
Judith RoeWhite?MurderHangingMar151688Delaware
Elizabeth Emmerson28White?MurderHangingJun81693Massachusetts
Sarah SmithWhite?MurderHanging??1699Massachusetts
Esther Rodgers21WhiteServantMurderHangingJul151701Massachusetts
Ann TandyWhite?Concealing BirthHanging??1702Virginia
Margaret Callahan??MurderHangingJun41715Massachusetts
Elizabeth Murphy??MurderHangingJul131724Pennsylvania
Catharine Bevan51WhiteHousewifeMurderBurnedSep?1731Delaware
Alice RileyWhiteIndentured ServMurderHangingJan191735Georgia
Patience Sampson23Nat Amer?MurderHangingJul311735Maine
Elizabeth GreenleyWhiteServantMurderHangingNov261736Virginia
Sarah ChamberlainWhite?MurderHanging??1738South Carolina
Catherine Garrett27Nat AmerServantMurderHangingMay31738Connecticut
Elizabeth TwopenceWhite?MurderHangingMay?1739Virginia
Elizabeth MazeWhite?MurderHangingNov231739Virginia
Sarah SimpsonWhiteWidowMurderHangingDec271739New Hampshire
Penelope KenneyWhiteDomestic ServantMurderHangingDec271739New Hampshire
Esther AndersonWhite?MurderBurnedMay131746Maryland
Margaret SextonWhite?MurderHangingJun171751Delaware
Martha BassettWhiteServantMurderHangingJan101752Maryland
Mary PowellWhiteServantMurderHangingJan101752Maryland
Sarah BrambleWhite?MurderHangingNov211753Connecticut
Elizabeth GraulWhite?MurderHangingMar101759Pennsylvania
Jane EwingWhite?MurderHangingJan191765Pennsylvania
Elizabeth ErwinWhite?MurderHangingSep261765Pennsylvania
Martha SharpWhite?MurderHangingJun?1767Virginia
Catherine KrebsWhite?MurderHangingDec191767Pennsylvania
Mary Kennedy??MurderHangingDec241768Pennsylvania
Catherine PeppersWhite?MurderHangingJun31774Virginia
Susannah BrazierWhite?MurderHangingJan131775Virginia
Bathsheba Spooner32WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJul21778Massachusetts
Catharine Fisher??MurderHangingJun51779Pennsylvania
Molly Glass35BlackFenceMurderHangingJul261781Louisiana
Barbara Stillwell??MurderHanging??1784New York
Elizabeth Wilson27WhiteWaitressMurderHangingJan31786Pennsylvania
Hannah Ocuish12Nat Amer?MurderHangingDec201786Connecticut
Sarah KirkWhite?MurderHanging??1787Delaware
Ann ConnollyWhite?Robbery-MurderHanging??1788South Carolina
Abigail Converse??MurderHangingJul61788Massachusetts
Rachel Wall (pirate)1+?sailors?
Sarah Clark??MurderHangingOct301799Pennsylvania
Hannah MillerBlack?MurderHangingAug11805Pennsylvania
Polly BarclayWhiteHousewifeConsp To MurderHangingMay301806Georgia
Elizabeth MooreBlackDomestic WorkerMurderHangingMay271809Pennsylvania
Susanna Cox24WhiteDomestic WorkerMurderHangingJun101809Pennsylvania
Mary ColeWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJun261812New Jersey
Mary Antoine20Nat Amer?MurderHangingSep301814New York
Ellenor GillespieWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJul261817Kentucky
Margaret HoughtalingWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingOct171817New York
Margaret SeabornWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingOct?1817Georgia
Eve Martin??Accessory to Murhanging??1820Tennessee
Lavinia Fisher27WhiteHousewifeRobbery-MurderHangingFeb181820South Carolina
Peggy FactoWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingMar181825New York
Catharine CashiereBlackServantMurderHangingMay71829New York
Elizabeth FreemanBlack?MurderHangingJul201832New Jersey
Frankie SilverWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJul121833North Carolina
Hannah Hazelwood??MurderHangingApr301834Kentucky
Mary Andrews??MurderHangingApr301834Missouri
Esther FosterBlackConvictMurderHangingFeb91844Ohio
Rosan Keen16BlackDomestic ServantMurderHangingApr261844New Jersey
Elizabeth Reed40WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingMay231845Illinois
Lavinia BurnettWhite?MurderHangingNov81845Arkansas
Eliz. Van Valkenburgh47WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJan241846New York
Mary RunkleWhiteHousewifeMurderHangingNov91847New York
JuanitaHispanic?MurderHangingJul?1851California
Pamela Lee WormsMurderHangingJan301852Pennsylvania
Ann Hoag31WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJul301852New York
Charlotte Jones35White?Robbery-MurderHangingFeb121858Pennsylvania
Mary TwiggWhite?MurderHangingOct221858Pennsylvania
Ann Bilansky34WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingMar231860Minnesota
Paula AngelHispanic?MurderHangingApr261861New Mexico
Chipita RodriguezHispanicInnkeeperRobbery-MurderHangingNov131863Texas
Delores Moore??MurderHanging??1865Arizona
Mary SurrattWhiteLandladyAccessory to MurHangingJul71865Washington, D.C.
Martha Grinder50WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJan191866Pennsylvania
Bridget Durgan22WhiteDomestic ServantMurderHangingAug301867New Jersey
Lena Miller40WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingNov131867Pennsylvania
Susan13Black?MurderHangingFeb71868Kentucky
Lucy PurnellBlack?MurderHangingFeb281868Maryland
Sarah BradleyBlack?MurderHangingDec141869Delaware
Mary Wallis17BlackDomestic ServantMurderHangingFeb101871Maryland
Susan Eberhart21WhiteDomestic ServantMurderHangingMay21873Georgia
Ann HuntBlack?MurderHangingMay11874Georgia
Alcee Harris24Black?MurderHangingNov261875Louisiana
Ellen Osgood??MurderHangingDec191878Georgia
Margaret Meierhoffer40WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJan61881New Jersey
Catherine Miller29WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingFeb31881Pennsylvania
Lucinda FowlkesBlack?MurderHangingApr221881Virginia
Matilda CarterBlackFarm HandMurderHangingJan131882North Carolina
Lucinda TeasdaleBlack?MurderHangingJun231882South Carolina
Ella MooreBlack?MurderHangingOct201882Georgia
Emeline Meaker44WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingMar301883Vermont
Barbara MillerBlack?Accessory to MurHangingSep141883Virginia
Margaret HarrisBlack?MurderHangingOct191883Georgia
Matilda JonesBlackDomestic ServantRobbery-MurderHangingJul311885Louisiana
Roxalana Druse40WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingFeb281887New York
Pauline McCoy22Black?MurderHangingOct121888Alabama
Sarah Whiteling51WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJun251889Pennsylvania
Elizabeth PottsWhiteHousewifeRobbery-MurderHangingJun201890Nevada
Caroline Shipp18??MurderHangingJan221892North Carolina
Margaret HashleyBlack?Accessory to MurHangingJan221892Virginia
Milbry Brown14BlackDomestic ServantMurderHangingOct71892South Carolina
Anna TribbleBlack?MurderHangingOct71892South Carolina
Ada HiersBlack?MurderHangingJul281893South Carolina
Amanda CodyBlack?MurderHangingNov221895Georgia
Florence EnglishBlack?MurderHangingNov221895Georgia
Mary Snodgrass28White?MurderHangingJul101896Virginia
Martha Place44WhiteHousewifeMurderElectrocutionMar201899New York
Dora WrightBlackDomestic ServantMurderHangingJul171903Oklahoma
Mary Rogers21WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingDec81905Vermont
Mary Farmer29WhiteHousewifeRobbery-MurderElectrocutionMar291909New York
Virginia Christian17BlackDomestic ServantRobbery-MurderElectrocutionAug161912Virginia
Pattie PerdueBlack?Robbery-MurderHangingJan131922Mississippi
Ruth Snyder33WhiteHousewifeMurderElectrocutionJan121928New York
Ada Leboeuf38WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingFeb11929Louisiana
Silena GilmoreBlack?MurderElectrocutionJan241930Alabama
Eva Dugan49WhiteHousekeeperRobbery-MurderHangingFeb211930Arizona
Irene Schroeder22WhiteWaitressMurderElectrocutionFeb231931Pennsylvania
Anna Antonio27WhiteHousewifeConsp To MurderElectrocutionAug91934New York
Julia Moore?Oriental??MurderHangingFeb81935Louisiana
May Carey52WhiteHousewifeMurderHangingJun71935Delaware
Eva Coo40WhiteTavern OwnerMurderElectrocutionJun271935New York
Mary Frances Creighton36WhiteHousewifeMurderElectrocutionJul161936New York
Mary Holmes35BlackDomestic CookRobbery-MurderHangingApr291937Mississippi
Marie Porter38WhiteBoarding Hse OwnConsp To MurderElectrocutionJan281938Illinois
Anna Hahn32WhiteHousekeeperMurderElectrocutionDec71938Ohio
Ethel Juanita Spinelli52WhiteCriminalMurderAsphyxiation-GasNov211941California
Toni Jo Henry26WhiteProstituteRobbery-MurderElectrocutionNov281942Louisiana
Rosanna/Rosanne Phillips25BlackMaidRobbery-MurderAsphyxiation-GasJan11943North Carolina
Sue LogueWhiteSchool TeacherConsp To MurderElectrocutionJan151943South Carolina
Mildred JohnsonBlack?MurderElectrocutionMay191944Mississippi
Helen Fowler37BlackHousewifeRobbery-MurderElectrocutionNov161944New York
Bessie Williams19BlackHouse MaidRobbery-MurderAsphyxiation-GasDec291944North Carolina
Lena Baker44BlackDomestic ServantMurderElectrocutionMar51945Georgia
Shellie Mckeithen?Oriental??MurderElectrocutionJan71946Pennsylvania
Corrine Sykes22BlackMaidRobbery-MurderElectrocutionOct141946Pennsylvania
Rose Marie Stinette49BlackDomestic ServantMurderElectrocutionJan171947South Carolina
Louise Peete58WhiteHousekeeperMurderAsphyxiation-GasApr111947California
Martha Beck29WhiteNurseRobbery-MurderElectrocutionMar71951New York
Earle Dennison54WhiteNurseMurderElectrocutionSep41953Alabama
Bonnie Heady41WhiteProstituteKidnap-MurderAsphyxiation-GasDec181953Missouri
Dovie Dean55WhiteHousewifeMurderElectrocutionJan151954Ohio
Betty Butler25Black?MurderElectrocutionJun121954Ohio
Barbara Graham32WhiteProstituteRobbery-MurderAsphyxiation-GasJun31955California
Rhonda Belle Martin48WhiteWaitressMurderElectrocutionOct111957Alabama
Elizabeth Ann Duncan58WhiteHousewifeConsp To MurderAsphyxiation-GasAug81962California

Female Murderers Executed in America After 1977:
NameAgeRaceOccupationCrimeMethodDateState
Margie Velma Barfield 52White?MurderLethal InjectionNov21984North Carolina
Karla Faye Tucker 38White?MurderLethal InjectionFeb31998Texas
Judias Buenoano54White?MurderElectrocutionMar301998Florida
Betty Lou Beets 62White?MurderLethal InjectionFeb42000Texas
Christina Riggs 29White?MurderLethal InjectionMay22000Arkansas
Wanda Jean Allen 41Black?MurderLethal InjectionJan112001Oklahoma
Marilyn Plantz 40White?MurderLethal InjectionMay12001Oklahoma
Lois Nadean Smith 61White?MurderLethal InjectionDec42001Oklahoma
Linda Lyon Block53WhiteMurderElectrocutionMay92002Alabama