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Under the original meaning of Article IV, can a woman be extradited?

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Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 provides:

A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.

Under the original meaning of this provision, can a woman be extradited? For answers, click here, here, here, here, and here.