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Katharine Fisher

Released
Date of birth:20. 10. 1871
Date of death:01. 01. 1950
Age:78† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
5 Days
Support
Women's Suffrage
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.

Stevens individually identifies this woman as a picketer and reports her imposed sentence. These details supply the missing case label without altering actual-custody dates or counters.

Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom, Appendix 4, PDF pages 6.

Stevens describes Fisher as a teacher and social worker who later worked for the United States War Risk Bureau. She also wrote prose and verse on suffrage and feminist subjects.

Doris Stevens, Appendix 4, printed page 359.

Case

Charges: Picketing for woman suffrage
Incarcerated: Aug 15, 1918
Released: Aug 20, 1918
Sentence: September 13, 1917: 30 days at Occoquan.