Death row women
Subtitle: murder, justice, and the New York press
By: Mark Gado
Series: Crime, media, and popular culture
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780275993610
Subjects: Sing Sing Prison; Women murderers -- New York (State) -- Case studies; Death row inmates -- New York (State) -- Case studies; Electrocution -- New York (State) -- History; Women murderers -- Press coverage -- New York (State)
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-210) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : blonde fiends and giggling grandmas; title: A morality play : Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray; title: Dead a thousand times : Anna Antonio; title: Eva Coo and murder on Crumhorn Mountain; title: Rough on rats : Mary Frances Creighton; title: A nuisance to society : Helen Fowler; title: The lonely heart : Martha Beck; title: A difficult concept