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Elizabeth Ford

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Minnesota
Support
Socialism Socialist Labor Party
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Biography

Elizabeth Ford was a Socialist Labor Party editor in Faribault, Minnesota who was convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917 for anti-war agitation during World War I. She was sentenced to one year in prison and a $500 fine — one of a small group of women editors swept up by federal wartime prosecutions of socialist publications.

Case

Charges: Violation of the Espionage Act of 1917
Sentence: 1 year + $500 fine
Convicted: Yes