Crime Murderess Ruth Ellis who was hanged for the murder of her lover David Blakely with friends at a dinner party

Andy was the illegitimate son of Ruth Neilson*, later Ellis, then unmarried and only 17, and a married Canadian soldier

Ruth Ellis Strips For Captain Ritchie's Camera (1954)

Ellis, who was born at West Parade in Rhyl, became the last woman to be executed in Britain exactly 60 years ago

Ruth Ellis (1899 - 2000) was the daughter of former slaves. She was the first woman in Michigan to run her own printing business. Ruth advocated for black LGBT youth, including by paying for college tuitions. After the Stonewall uprising, 70-year-old Ruth began giving speeches in support of gay and lesbian rights all across the country. She remained an activist for the rest of her long life and even spent her 100th birthday leading the San Francisco Dyke March.

Ruth Ellis was one of the oldest openly gay black women in the world when she died at 101 years old in 2000. She was born in 1899, 36 years after the…

Ruth Ellis was executed at Holloway Prison on July 13. Ruth Ellis and tragedy of little boy left behind when UK's last woman was hanged.

Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, on this day 13th July, 1955. Executed at Holloway Prison for the murder of her lover David Blakely (pictured)

Photos 3 of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom. She was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, and hanged on July 13, 1955.

“Ruth C. Ellis was the oldest known out lesbian who in the 1930′s was making safe spaces for Black LGBT+ people in Detroit. She was known for throwing good parties and taking in homeless LGBT+ people. She was 101 when she died. Please know of her existence. #LesbianDayofVisibility”