Bertha Elkins

AKA: Bertha Eltren
Released
Gender:Female
Era:1900s
State:New York
Support
New York shirtwaist strike of 1909
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Biography

Bertha Elkins was a picket in the 1909 New York shirtwaist strike. Contemporary newspapers describe her release from the Blackwell’s Island workhouse and the reception organized by fellow strikers and the Women’s Trade Union League.

Case

Charges: Strike-picketing prosecution; individual statutory charge unverified
Incarcerated: December 1909
Released: Dec 20, 1909
Sentence: Sent to the Blackwell’s Island workhouse for five days by Magistrate Barlow. The December 21, 1909 newspapers report her release the previous morning, December 20. The exact arrest and commitment days are not established; no start date is calculated by subtracting the sentence.

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