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Katharine Fisher

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
5 Days
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Katharine Fisher

Biography

Katharine Fisher was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the 1917-1919 campaign to picket the Wilson White House for woman suffrage. Doris Stevens recorded her term as: September 13, 1917: 30 days at Occoquan.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Incarcerated: Aug 15, 1918
Released: Aug 20, 1918
Sentence: September 13, 1917: 30 days at Occoquan.
Convicted: Imprisoned in the 1917-1919 National Woman's Party suffrage campaign