Biography
Anna Kelton Wiley was known as Nan and recorded in contemporary sources as Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley. Anna Kelton Wiley was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the 1917-1919 campaign to picket the Wilson White House for woman suffrage. (Recorded as Anna Campbell Kelton Wiley; March 8, 1877 - January 6, 1964)
She was arrested on November 10, 1917 and sentenced to fifteen days in the District Jail. She was released on bond on November 19 pending appeal, having served five days, which places the start of the sentence several days after the arrest.
Under Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Stevens describes her membership in the National Woman’s Party national advisory council and her lobbying, political and picketing work. Her husband’s federal food-policy office is not assigned to her.
Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom, Appendix 4, printed page 370.
