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Mary Walker

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

Mary Walker was a National Woman's Party picketer arrested on July 14, 1917 for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage. She received a nominal sixty-day sentence at the Occoquan Workhouse and was pardoned by President Wilson after three days.

Case

Occoquan Workhouse
Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Arrested: Jul 14, 1917
Incarcerated: Jul 17, 1917
Released: Jul 19, 1917
Sentence: Nominal sixty days at the Occoquan Workhouse; pardoned after three days.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Virginia