Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg was an American woman executed in 1953 alongside her husband Julius for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.

The Rosenberg case became a flashpoint of Cold War anxiety and anti-communist fervor.

Whether Ethel was genuinely involved or convicted on thin evidence to pressure her husband remains debated.

Their execution by electric chair—the first of American civilians for espionage—drew international protests and has haunted American memory since.