The last woman hanged in public in London

On 20 October 1862, Catherine Wilson became the last woman to be hanged in public in London. A big crowd turned out to watch the event. The last woman to be hanged in public in Britain was Frances Kidder in 1868. The last woman to be hanged in the USA was Mary Holmes in 1937. (Since then women have been executed by the electric chair, gas chamber, or lethal injection).