Florence Bayard Hilles

Released
Date of birth:13. 04. 1865
Date of death:03. 09. 1954
Age:89† Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Delaware
Time Imprisoned:
2 Days
Support
National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Florence Bayard Hilles

Biography

Delaware NWP chair and Silent Sentinel from a prominent political family (her father was Thomas F. Bayard, U.S. Secretary of State under Cleveland). Arrested July 13, 1917 picketing the White House, she received a 60-day Occoquan Workhouse sentence; she refused to pay a fine.

Case

Occoquan Workhouse
Charges: Obstructing traffic (picketing the White House).
Arrested: Jul 13, 1917
Incarcerated: Jul 17, 1917
Released: Jul 19, 1917
Sentence: 60 days at Occoquan Workhouse.
Institution State: Virginia

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