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Rhoda Willis was a baby farmer convicted of murder.

She was born in Sunderland in 1867.

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

References

  1. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0611FB345A1B7A93C0A81789D95F468285F9
  2. ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=16PPAAAAIAAJ&q=hanged+%22rhoda+willis%22&dq=hanged+%22rhoda+willis%22&hl=en&ei=lZdVTrC0DYfNsgbB2vmdDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ
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