Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Elizabeth Fenning
Standard Name: Fenning, Elizabeth
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26 June 1815: Elizabeth Fenning, an Irish servant in London,...
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26 June 1815
Elizabeth Fenning
, an Irish servant in London, aged just twenty-two, was hanged for attempted murder, by poisoned dumplings, of her male employer and his son and daughter-in-law.
Barrell, John. “Like Unruly Children in a Citizenship Class”. London Review of Books, 21 Apr. 2005, pp. 23-5.
