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Ruth Ellis (née Hornby le 9 octobre 1926 à Rhyl - morte le 13 juillet 1955 à Londres) fut la dernière femme à être exécutée au Royaume-Uni. Reconnue coupable du meurtre de son amant David Blakely, elle fut pendue à la Prison d'Holloway de Londres par Albert Pierrepoint.
Ruth Ellis was a nightclub hostess and murderer who shot her lover David Blakely in 1955. She was sentenced to death and hanged at HMP Holloway, despite appeals for clemency and a campaign for justice.
12 mars 2018 · On July 13, 1955, as the notice indicated, 28-year-old Ruth Ellis was hanged. Her execution led to a public discussion on whether execution as punishment was ethical for women, for anyone, or whether there should be various degrees of murder.
12 nov. 2018 · Ruth Ellis: The model who smiled at her executioner. New exhibition explores the life of the last woman to be put to death in Britain. Ruth Ellis with her boyfriend David Blakely at the...
Ruth Ellis was an African-American lesbian activist and the oldest surviving open lesbian at 101. She was a printer, a community leader, and a supporter of LGBT and African American rights.
7 juil. 2005 · Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged in Britain in 1955 for killing her lover David Blakely. She claimed she acted under provocation and was calm and dignified before her execution.
Ruth Ellis, née le 23 juillet 1899 [1] à Springfield, dans l'Illinois, et morte le 5 octobre 2000 à Détroit, est une imprimeuse américaine militante pour les droits des personnes LGBT et afro-américaines.
