Minnie Dean: (Museum)

Minnie Dean: Her Life and Crimes

by Lynley Hood Description

In 1895 Minnie Dean became the only woman to be hanged by law in New Zealand. Her crime was child murder. According to folklore she killed babies with hatpins and threw their bodies into streams. It is said that nothing will grow on her grave. This book raises questions about the woman who was New Zealands most famous childcare worker.