Proof of Guilt : Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America.

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Author / Creator:	Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946-
Imprint:	Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (239 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Graham, Barbara, -- 1923-1955. Graham, Barbara, -- 1923-1955. Women murderers -- California -- Case studies. Women death row inmates -- United States -- Case studies. Capital punishment -- United States. Capital punishment. Women death row inmates. Women murderers. California. United States. Electronic books. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11175940

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ISBN:	9780803245693 0803245696
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	Barbara Graham might have been a diabolical dame in a hard-boiled detective story-beautiful, sexy, and deadly. Charged alongside two male friends in the murder of an elderly widow during a botched robbery attempt, "Bloody Babs" became the third woman executed in California-after a 1953 trial that played out before standing-room-only crowds captured the imaginations of journalists, filmmakers, and death penalty opponents. Why, Kathleen A. Cairns asks, of all the capital cases in the twentieth century, did Graham's have such political resonance and staying power? Leaving aside the question.
Other form:	Print version: Cairns, Kathleen A. Proof of Guilt : Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America. Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, ©2013 9780803230095

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