Canadian Women and Capital Punishment, 1754-1953
by
F. Murray Greenwood, Beverley Boissery
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2000
In 1754 Eleanor Powers was hung for a murder committed during a botched robbery. She was the first woman condemned to die in Canada, but would not be the last.
In Uncertain Justice, Beverley Boissery and Murray Greenwood portray a cast of women characters almost as often wronged by the law...