Elizabeth Just

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War
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Biography

Elizabeth Just was a 20-year-old New York University student sentenced to 30 days in the Women's House of Detention for defying New York's compulsory civil-defense drill on April 28, 1961 in an antinuclear protest.

Case

Charges: Refusing to take shelter
Sentence: 30 days in the Women's House of Detention Charges as recorded: Refusing to take shelter during a civil-defense drill (NY Defense Emergency Act)
Convicted: Yes

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