Chipita rodriguez first woman hung

Women executed by electric chair

Josefa "Chipita" Rodriguez (December 30, – November 13, ) was convicted of murder and hanged in San Patricio County, Texas, at the age of More than a century later, on June 13, , the Texas Legislature passed a resolution noting that Rodriguez did not receive a fair trial.
chipita rodriguez first woman hung

Last woman to be executed

Josefa (Chipita) Rodríguez was for many years considered to be the only woman legally hanged in Texas.

Famous women who were executed

Josefa "Chipita" Rodriguez (December 30, ?

Women hangings
She was often said to be the first legal execution of a woman in Texas (she was probably the second).