<P> Lena Baker ( June 8 , 1900 -- March 5 , 1945 ) was an African American maid in Cuthbert , Georgia who was convicted of capital murder of her white employer , Ernest Knight . She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945 . Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution . </P>
<P> Lena Baker ( June 8 , 1900 -- March 5 , 1945 ) was an African American maid in Cuthbert , Georgia who was convicted of capital murder of her white employer , Ernest Knight . She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945 . Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution . </P>
who was the first woman executed in georgia
who was the first woman executed in georgia
Lena Baker
Lena Baker