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Katherine Morey

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Massachusetts
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National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Katherine Morey

Biography

Massachusetts suffragist and Silent Sentinel. Among the first NWP picketers arrested at the Wilson White House in 1917, carrying a banner from a Wilson speech that read "Mr. President, what will you do for woman suffrage?". Jailed at the District Jail.

Case

District Jail
Charges: Obstructing traffic (picketing the White House with Wilson-quote banner).
Arrested: Jun 22, 1917
Incarcerated: Jun 27, 1917
Sentence: Jailed in the District Jail (term unspecified).
Institution State: District of Columbia