Alison Turnbull Hopkins

Released
Date of birth:20. 05. 1880
Date of death:01. 01. 1951
Age:70† Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
2 Days
Support
National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Alison Turnbull Hopkins

Biography

New Jersey NWP organizer and Silent Sentinel. Arrested in 1917 for picketing the Wilson White House for women's suffrage and sentenced to 60 days at the Occoquan Workhouse. Her husband John A. H. Hopkins was a Bull Moose Party leader, which made her arrest a national scandal among progressive Democrats.

Case

Occoquan Workhouse
Charges: Obstructing traffic (picketing the White House).
Arrested: Jul 14, 1917
Incarcerated: Jul 17, 1917
Released: Jul 19, 1917
Sentence: 60 days at Occoquan Workhouse.
Institution State: Virginia

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