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Ann Bilansky
Born	1820 North Carolina
Died	March 23, 1860 Saint Paul, Minnesota
Conviction(s)	Murder
Penalty	Death
Status	Executed by Hanging
Occupation	Housewife
Spouse	Stanislaus Bilansky

Ann Bilansky (born Mary Ann Evards Wright) (1820 – March 23, 1860) was an American housewife convicted in 1859 of poisoning her husband with arsenic. She is the only woman to receive the death penalty and be put to death in Minnesota. She was executed by hanging.

References

• Trenerry, Walter N. (1962). Murder in Minnesota: A Collection of True Cases. Minnesota Historical Society. pp. 25–41. ISBN 9780873511803.