In 1955, at the age of 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK. Her death, coming after she shot her lover outside a Hampstead pub two months before, sparked a wave ...

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The true story about Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, is coming to ITV in March. Starring Lucy Boynton, the historical drama follows the true story of the London nightclub manager ...

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At age 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged for murder in the U.K. after she fatally shot her playboy lover, and her controversial conviction is raising questions 70 years later.

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Ruth Ellis was the last woman executed in Great Britain; what’s surprising is that her execution happened only 70 years ago, in 1955. In fact, between the time she admitted to killing her lover ...

As the granddaughter of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to hang in Britain, life was never going to be straightforward. What happened on Easter Sunday in 1955, when Ruth, a former nightclub manager ...

“That goes through female empowerment, through court, through the crime. Ruth was quite a trailblazer. She worked from the age of 14. She ran this very successful club. She was a single mothe ...