Rhoda Willis

Rhoda Willis (14 August 1867 - 14 August 1907) was an English baby farmer convicted of murder.

She was born in Sunderland in 1867.

Willis was executed by hanging at Cardiff prison on 14 August 1907, her 40th birthday.[1] She was the only woman to be hanged in Wales in the 20th century and the last baby farmer to be executed.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ TWO ARE CONDEMNED IN LONDON MURDER – Mrs. Thompson and Her Paramour, Bywaters, Are Sentenced to Be Hanged.BOTH CRY AGAINST VERDICTWoman Collapses In Dock-LondonQuestions Wheth...
  2. ↑ Dead woman walking: executed women ... – Google Books
  3. ↑ http://www.historytools.org/babyfarming/INTRODUCTION.pdf
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