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Martha Stone Asher

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Full name:Martha Asher
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Jersey
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Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Martha Stone Asher was a New Jersey Communist seized from the Party's underground in 1954 during the McCarthy era. She was charged under the Smith Act's membership clause.

Case

Charges: Smith Act membership clause
Sentence: Charged under the Smith Act membership clause
Convicted: Seized from underground and charged, 1954