Fourteen women were among the 19 people hanged during the Salem witch trials.
The executions took place in 1692 at Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts. The 19 victims consisted of 14 women and five men. The first person hanged was Bridget Bishop on June 10; later execution dates included July 19, August 19, and September 22. The condemned were convicted under colonial witchcraft laws in proceedings that accepted forms of evidence now regarded as deeply unreliable, including testimony about alleged supernatural attacks.
The number is sometimes confused with the total number of people who died because of the trials. Giles Corey was pressed to death after refusing to plead, so he was not one of the 19 hanged. At least five others died in jail from disease or harsh conditions, and one infant, Mercy Good, was born and died in prison.
Thus, “19 executed” usually refers specifically to those hanged. Counting every death connected with the crisis produces a larger and less standardized total.