This book tried to bring to life in these pages all those Canadian women, victims of the gallows, in order to give them the chance to proclaim their innocence beyond the tombstone, after centuries of silence. Some of them are entitled to convince us that they were victims of judicial errors and that their lives were unduly confiscated for the simple satisfaction of a vain Prosecutor who wished to build a prestigious career without the slightest failure. Others owe their execution to the carelessness of an inexperienced or inept lawyer. Bringing all these women out of oblivion was the best tribute the author could offer them, for all of them have suffered, and as such deserve our benevolent indulgence.