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  2. Martha M. Place - Wikipedia

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    William Place. Conviction (s) First degree murder. Criminal penalty. Death. Martha M. Place (September 18, 1849 – March 20, 1899) was an American murderer and the first woman to die in the electric chair. She was executed on March 20, 1899, at Sing Sing Correctional Facility for the murder of her stepdaughter Ida Place.

  3. Toni Jo Henry - Wikipedia

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    Toni Jo Henry (née Annie Beatrice McQuiston; [1] January 3, 1916 – November 28, 1942) was the only woman ever to be executed in Louisiana's electric chair. [2] Married to Claude 'Cowboy' Henry, she decided to break her husband out of jail where he was serving a fifty-year sentence in the Texas State Penitentiary for murder.

  4. Electric chair - Wikipedia

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    The electric chair is a specialized device used for capital punishment through electrocution. The condemned is strapped to a custom wooden chair and electrocuted via electrodes attached to the head and leg. Alfred P. Southwick, a Buffalo, New York dentist, conceived this execution method in 1881. It was developed over the next decade as a more ...

  5. Virginia Christian - Wikipedia

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    First degree murder. Criminal penalty. Death. Virginia Christian (August 15, 1895 – August 16, 1912) was the first female criminal executed in the 20th century in the state of Virginia, and a juvenile offender executed in the United States. She was also the only female juvenile executed by electric chair and, to date, the last female criminal ...

  6. Ruth Snyder - Wikipedia

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    Albert Edward Snyder, aged 44. Date. March 20, 1927. Location (s) Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. May Ruth Snyder (née Brown; March 27, 1895 – January 12, 1928) was an American murderer. Her execution in the electric chair at New York 's Sing Sing Prison in 1928 for the murder of her husband, Albert Snyder, was recorded in a highly ...

  7. Judy Buenoano - Wikipedia

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    Broward Correctional Institution. Judias Anna Lou " Judy " Buenoano (born Judias Welty, also known as Judias Goodyear and Judias Morris; April 4, 1943 – March 30, 1998) was an American female serial killer who was executed in Florida for the 1971 murder of her first husband James Goodyear. She was also convicted of the 1980 murder of her son ...

  8. Irene Schroeder - Wikipedia

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    Irene Schroeder. Irene Schroeder (February 17, 1909 [1] – February 23, 1931) was an American criminal who became the first woman to be electrocuted in Pennsylvania and the fourth woman to be executed by electrocution in the United States. [2][3] She was given several nicknames by the press, including "Trigger Woman," "Iron Irene," "Irene of ...

  9. Rosa DeLauro - Wikipedia

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    Recorded February 7, 2007. Rosa Luisa DeLauro[1][2] (/ dɪˈlɔːroʊ / dih-LOR-oh; born March 2, 1943) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 3rd congressional district since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in New Haven and includes most of its suburbs.