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Louisine Havemeyer

AKA: Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer
Released
Date of birth:28. 07. 1855
Date of death:06. 01. 1929
Age:73† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Women's Suffrage
Louisine Havemeyer

Biography

Louisine Havemeyer 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. She appears in Doris Stevens's roster as Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer. Doris Stevens recorded her term as: February 10, 1919: five days.

Stevens identifies Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer as a suffrage speaker and supporter who also worked in Liberty Loan campaigns, New York’s Land Army movement and efforts to secure military rank for nurses. The entry records her speeches in major cities as a member of the Prison Special.

Doris Stevens, Appendix 4, printed page 361.

Case

Arrested: Feb 9, 1919
Sentence: February 10, 1919: five days.