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What is Mary E. Surratt's significance in history?
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#78841. Asked by hidoll. (Apr 14 07 10:36 AM)
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jsweit
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She was a member of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy and the first woman executed by the United States federal government, for her role in the conspiracy. She was executed by hanging.
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Kristina_0907
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She was a member of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy and the first woman executed by the United States federal government, for her role in the conspiracy. She was executed by hanging. She was the mother of John Surratt, also alleged to be involved in the conspiracy.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Surratt
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Cymruambyth
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Mary Surratt was hanged for complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It was something of a rush to judgement, since her only role seemed to be that John Wilkes Booth frequented her Washington home.
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hpstarz
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Mary Elizabeth Eugenia Jenkins Surratt (May/June 1823 in Waterloo, Maryland, USA – July 7, 1865 in Washington, D.C), was a member of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy and the first woman executed by the United States federal government, for her role in the conspiracy. She was executed by hanging. She was the mother of John Surratt, also alleged to be involved in the conspiracy.
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