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Margaret Oakes

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
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Biography

Margaret Oakes 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 1918: ten days.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Sentence: August 1918: ten days.
Convicted: Imprisoned in the 1917-1919 National Woman's Party suffrage campaign