Full Description
In 1998, a mere six months after the publication of the first edition of Dancehall Ladies, two more women were executed, adding to the previous total of 37 females executed by the United States. This revised edition includes their story, along with updated statistics. The book, filled with photographs that put faces with the statistics of capital punishment, examines the history of executed women in the United States. As the 20th century concludes, Dancehall Ladies provides powerful insight into America's dealings with women criminals in the past hundred years. It will certainly influence debate on the topic well into the new century.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 2 Prologue Chapter 3 Introduction: Lethal Injection-The Ultimate High Chapter 4 Velma Chapter 5 Bessie Mae Williams Chapter 6 Rosanna Phillips Chapter 7 Hanging- "Don't hang me high...for decency sake." Chapter 8 Eva Dugan Chapter 9 Mary Rogers Chapter 10 Ada LeBoeuf Chapter 11 Julia Moore Chapter 12 May Carey Chapter 13 Mary Holmes Chapter 14 Comparison Case: Winnie Ruth Judd Chapter 15 The Electric Chair- "This is a step forward in the cause of humanity": Mary Farmer Chapter 16 Ruth Snyder Chapter 17 Anna Antonio Chapter 18 Eva Coo Chapter 19 Mary Francis Creighton Chapter 20 Helen Fowler Chapter 21 Martha Jule Beck Chapter 22 Selina Gilmore Chapter 23 Earle Dennison Chapter 24 Rhonda Belle Martin Chapter 25 Anna Marie Hahn Chapter 26 Blanch "Dovie" Dean Chapter 27 Betty Butler Chapter 28 Irene Schoreder Chapter 29 Corrine Sykes Chapter 30 Sue Logue Chapter 31 Rose Marie Stinett Chapter 32 Virginia Christian Chapter 33 Marie Porter Chapter 34 Toni Jo Henry Chapter 35 Mildred Johnson Chapter 36 Lena Baker Chapter 37 Comparison Cases: Effie Jowers, Nannie Hazel Doss Chapter 38 The Gas Chamber- "How in the hell would you know?" Chapter 39 Juanita Spinelli Chapter 40 Louise Peete Chapter 41 Barbara Graham Chapter 42 Elizabeth Duncan Chapter 43 Comparison Case: Dr. Alice Wynekoop Chapter 44 Federal Executions of Women Chapter 45 Mary Surratt Chapter 46 Ethel Rosenberg Chapter 47 Bonnie Brown Heady Chapter 48 Comparison Cases: Judith Coplon, Mildred Gillars Chapter 49 The Last Two Chapter 50 Karla Faye Tucker Chapter 51 Judi Buenoano Chapter 52 Comparison Case: Guineveve (Guin) Garcia Chapter 53 Clemencies and Commutations Chapter 54 What Must a Woman Do to Be Executed? Chapter 55 Conclusion Chapter 56 Mothers, Their Children and Their Crimes Chapter 57 Mothers While on Death Row Chapter 58 Mothers to the End Chapter 59 Endnotes
