Biography
Florence Y. Carpenter was an Ohio Friend and Peace Action Center worker. She joined the 1962 White House vigil against nuclear tests and served twenty days in jail.
A contemporary report records the twenty-day sentence for the 1962 White House vigil as served. Friends Journal, July 1, 1962, p. 281.
Mildred B. Young’s July 1, 1962 report on the White House nuclear-test vigil distinguishes two jail phases for the four Peace Action Center staff members. In the first, charges were dismissed after about twenty-four hours and the prisoners were released. For the later twenty-day sentences, the report individually identifies Florence Y. Carpenter among the three who served the sentences out, while Lawrence Scott posted bail pending appeal. The report supplies no exact individual admission or discharge days for these phases.
Friends Journal, July 1, 1962, printed page 281, Vigil at the White House.
