Jennie Miller

Released
Era:1920s
State:Illinois
Support
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
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Biography

Jennie Miller was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. The authorities imprisoned this union activist in 1926 for defying the anti-picketing injunction during the 1924 strike.

Case

Charges: Contempt of court — violating the anti-picketing injunction during the 1924 Chicago garment strike
Incarcerated: June 1926
Released: June 1926
Sentence: The June 15 report lists twenty days; the June 23 release report describes ten-day sentences for the thirteen-person group. The June 25 report confirms release. The individual total remains unresolved.

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