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Martha M. Place (September 18, 1849 – March 20, 1899) was an American murderer and the first woman to die in the electric chair. She was executed on March...

executed by electric chair, William Kemmler, and the first woman, Martha M. Place, as well as William McKinley's assassin, Leon F. Czolgosz. Davis held...

Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra, Polish: [kɔˈstɨra]; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality. As...

injection when executions resumed in that country.[citation needed] Martha M. Place became the first woman executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing...

naval officer Jacob C. Place (1828–1881), American politician Joanna Place (born 1962), COO of the Bank of England Martha M. Place (1855?–1899), American...

Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments...

Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the Northeastern United States, south of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts,...

1950), Swiss physicist Martha M. Gardner, American statistician Martha M. Pacold (born 1979), American district judge Martha M. Place (1849–1899), American...

needed] Papoose (born 1978), rapper Floyd Patterson (1935–2006), boxer Martha M. Place (1849–1899), first woman to be put to death in the electric chair Jackie...

Martha Ruth Stewart Shelley (née Haworth; October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021), better known as Martha Stewart, was an American actress. She was noted...

Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war...

Kemmler, the first man executed with the electric chair, and that of Martha M. Place, the first woman to be legally electrocuted. Davis also held patents...

Martha Vickers (born Martha MacVicar; May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress. Vickers was born Martha MacVicar in Ann Arbor...

Märtha Louise of Norway (born 22 September 1971) is a member of the Norwegian royal family, a businesswoman and a self-described clairvoyant. Märtha Louise...

place in the Philippines as the USS Laguna de Bay bombards the Katipunan stronghold. March 20 – At Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York, Martha M....

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. — May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although...

Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell (September 2, 1918 – May 31, 1976) was the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General under President Richard...

Martha Jane Canary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition...

Martha "Patsy" Randolph (née Jefferson; September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836) was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the...

have been called to execute. Unlike Edwin Davis (who had electrocuted Martha M. Place, the first woman executed in the electric chair, and Mary Farmer),...