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Camilla Whitcomb

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
14 Days
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Camilla Whitcomb

Biography

Camilla Whitcomb 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. Held at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia or the District of Columbia Jail, many of these prisoners joined hunger strikes and were force-fed. A Worcester, Massachusetts suffragist.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Incarcerated: Nov 14, 1917
Released: Nov 28, 1917
Sentence: Jailed during the National Woman's Party White House picketing campaign (individual term not fully documented).
Convicted: Imprisoned during the 1917-1919 suffrage picketing campaign