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Lillian Ascough

Released
Date of birth:14. 05. 1880
Date of death:26. 12. 1974
Age:94 Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Lillian Ascough

Biography

Lillian Ascough 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. Held at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia or the District of Columbia Jail, many of these prisoners joined hunger strikes and were force-fed.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Sentence: Jailed during the National Woman's Party White House picketing campaign (individual term not fully documented).
Convicted: Imprisoned during the 1917-1919 suffrage picketing campaign