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Lucy Ewing

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
25 Days
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Lucy Ewing

Biography

Lucy Ewing 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: August 17–September 11, 1917: 25 days served on a 30-day sentence.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Incarcerated: Aug 17, 1917
Released: Sep 11, 1917
Sentence: August 17–September 11, 1917: 25 days served on a 30-day sentence.
Convicted: Imprisoned in the 1917-1919 National Woman's Party suffrage campaign