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It was a style for women at the time to carry an umbrella for shade.
Sure, but is it a woman waiting to be executed, that wanted to keep up appearances?
I looked it up and it would seem it is. I would've guessed one of the relatives of the conspirators, but it seems they allowed the conspirator Mary Surratt to keep an umbrella with her.
Wow! That is amazing! Also she was the fist woman in America to be hanged!
No, the first woman to be hanged by the US Federal Government.
The US had the death penalty since colonial times, so several were hanged well before 1865. This list has several examples. Most of these women were executed for ordinary crimes like murder or robbery, so not a federal offense like treason.
Interesting! I just read it on the linked wiki page.
Some absolutely heartbreaking cases on there by the way, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_(slave)
People are fucked up.