The Last Woman Hanged in Western Australia - October 6 2022

<div>October 6th: Martha Rendell Executed (1909)<br> The stresses of caretaking can weigh on even the strongest of people. On October 6th 1909 a woman was hanged for the crimes she committed against the children in her care. And, though she said she was helping the children, many believe her motive was simply the difficulty of being a stepmother. <br> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Rendell&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1664040389258739&amp;usg=AOvVaw3AcvXnNyv-BMjVlm6QHIAD">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Rendell</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://murderpedia.org/female.R/r/rendell-martha.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1664040389258941&amp;usg=AOvVaw1E_tWw3SRfyKSpgAH2Xhhp">https://murderpedia.org/female.R/r/rendell-martha.htm</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://policewahistory.org.au/HTML_Pages/Child_Murders.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1664040389259028&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Lu7Mn07apj6tm51f9-m41">https://policewahistory.org.au/HTML_Pages/Child_Murders.html</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://australiasdarkheart.weebly.com/martha-rendell.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1664040389259249&amp;usg=AOvVaw20oQEBxqgA6mth5DajnpzD">https://australiasdarkheart.weebly.com/martha-rendell.html</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://australiasdarkheart.weebly.com/martha-rendell1.html&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1664040389259316&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YJO8_duxgMjqSwk3n-AwO">https://australiasdarkheart.weebly.com/martha-rendell1.html</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14443059809387425?journalCode%3Drjau20&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1664040389259378&amp;usg=AOvVaw2FQZPcoHlHz3jfpBaFymZm">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14443059809387425?journalCode=rjau20</a> </div>