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Lavinia Lloyd Dock

Released
Date of birth:26. 02. 1858
Date of death:17. 04. 1956
Age:98 Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Lavinia Lloyd Dock

Biography

Lavinia Lloyd Dock Pioneer of American nursing — co-founder of what became the National League for Nursing, author of the first nurses' drug manual (1890). In 1917 moved to Washington and joined the advisory council of the National Woman's Party. First arrested in 1896 attempting to vote. As a Silent Sentinel arrested at least three times in 1917 and served sentences at Occoquan. In her late 50s, among the older suffragists imprisoned.

Case

Occoquan Workhouse / DC Jail
Charges: Obstructing sidewalk traffic (Silent Sentinels picketing of the Wilson White House, 1917–1919)
Arrested: Aug 14, 1917
Incarcerated: Jun 27, 1917
Judge: Hon. Alexander R. Mullowney (DC Police Court)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Virginia
Security: Multi