Those of you outside of the U.K. may have never heard of Ellis—I’ll admit I hadn’t either, as my family is Dutch and I only moved to the U.K. eight years ago—but she is an undeniably important figure in British history. In 1955, 28-year-old Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in the U.K. after she was convicted of murdering her lover, playboy racing driver David Blakely. It was a major case, not only because she shot him point-blank in front of a busy London pub, but because she became a figurehead for women everywhere. She was punished by the British establishment for more than Blakely’s death—she was punished because she represented everything women weren’t allowed to become.
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