Betty Gannett

Released
Date of birth:1906
Date of death:04. 03. 1970
Age:64† Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Betty Gannett

Biography

Betty Gannett was a Communist Party USA organizer and a member of the partys National Education Department. She was indicted in the Foley Square Second String in June 1951 and convicted alongside Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and the rest of the CPUSA national board in January 1953. She was sentenced to two years in federal prison and served at the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, West Virginia, alongside Flynn.

Case

Federal Reformatory for Women, Alderson
Charges: Conspiracy to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government (Smith Act of 1940)
Arrested: Jun 20, 1951
Incarcerated: Jan 11, 1955
Released: September 1956
Sentence: 2 years federal prison — Held briefly after the June 20, 1951 arrest (released on bail by June 29, 1951); imprisoned from about January 11, 1955 and released about September 1956 (roughly two years served; exact day not found). Verdict as recorded: Yes — federal jury verdict, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, January 1953
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: West Virginia

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