In May 1947, a haunting photo filled a full page of LIFE magazine. It was taken by a photography student named Robert Wiles, and it depicted a suicide victim lying on a car, the metal crumpled around her. She had landed with her ankles crossed, her white-gloved hand holding her necklace, and her face serene, […]

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