A few cases stood out of the hundreds due to the effect they had on the practice of execution. One case that stood out was that of Mary Surratt on July 7, 1865 for her involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. She was the first female to be executed under Federal jurisdiction and this execution was well photographed (American female hangings 1632 to 1937, n.d.). The process of executing a women led to some logistical problem for the executioner with him not knowing how to tie her feet together. Once the floor dropped out from underneath her she died immediately. “Public opinion shifted after she died…Suddenly after the hanging, she was a victim as it was inconceivable that a woman could commit such a crime” (Blattman, n.d.).