Edith Frenette

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Support
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Edith Frenette was a transnational IWW "rebel girl" and free-speech fighter active across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. She was repeatedly arrested for street-speaking and agitation — at Spokane in 1909 (where she drew a 30-day sentence and a $100 fine) and at Everett, Washington, in 1916, where she was jailed for about three weeks on charges including first-degree assault before they were dropped.

Cases

Charges: Street-speaking / disorderly conduct / inciting to riot / first-degree assault — IWW free-speech fights (Spokane 1909; Everett 1916)
Sentence: 30 days plus a $100 fine at Spokane (1909); about three weeks held at Everett (1916) before charges were dropped
Convicted: Partly — convicted at Spokane (1909); Everett charges dropped
Charges: Street-speaking (free-speech fight)
Arrested: Nov 3, 1909
Released: Mar 4, 1910
Sentence: Arrested with roughly twenty men in the Spokane free-speech fight; remaining prisoners freed by March 4, 1910.

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