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In 1895 Southland's Williamina (Minnie) Dean became the first – and only – woman to be hanged in New Zealand. Her story exposed the stark realities of paid childcare and the lack of choice that many women faced in this period. ... After her death Minnie Dean became part of New Zealand folklore; local legend even...
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www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/minnie-dean
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Newspaper report of the execution of Minnie Dean on 12 August 1895 ... Grant commented on Best New Zealand songs ever? - New Zealand music month ... Arthur Dodd commented on New Zealand prisoner of war statistics...
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Minnie Dean by Lynley Hood ... Minnie Dean was New Zealand's most famous child care worker. Her business of caring for illegitimate babies was an unwelcome reminder to righteous Victorians that their campaign for the suppression of fornication was a dismal failure.
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www.lynleyhood.org/books/minnie.html
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"Now she can finally rest in peace," Paula Wells, a relative of Minnie Dean, said after a headstone marking the graves of Dean, the only woman hanged in New Zealand, and her husband Charles Dean was unveiled at a service at Winton's old cemetery during a sudden downpour.
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Minnie Dean has the dubious honor of being the only woman to be legally hanged in New Zealand. ... Minnie Dean, the baby farmer, the first and last woman to be hung in New Zealand.
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www.crime.co.nz/c-files.asp?ID=14
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It is far from certain whether the real Minnie Dean deserves her terrible place in New Zealand's folklore. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography ...
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folksong.org.nz/minniedean/index.html
folksong.org.nz/minniedean/index.html
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Minnie Dean was the first and only woman to be hanged in New Zealand, though she was the third woman to receive a death sentence. Her two predecessors, Caroline Whitting (1872) and Phoebe Veitch (1883), both had their sentences commuted to penal servitude for life.
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Mystery headstone appears marking the grave of Minnie Dean Mystery surrounds a brand new headstone which has been installed over the grave of baby farmer Minnie Dean - the only woman ever to be hanged in New Zealand. ... The Reverend Al Green is on his way to New Zealand and he might just b...
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Three women were sentenced to death in New Zealand for murder; these were in 1872, 1883 and Minnie Dean in 1895. Of these three only Dean was executed (at Invercargill goal), the other two had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment.Â...
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www.nzterritory.com/famous/dean.html
www.nzterritory.com/famous/dean.html
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