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Minnie Hennessy

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

Biography

Minnie Hennessy 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: October 8, 1917: six-month sentence.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Incarcerated: Oct 8, 1917
Sentence: October 8, 1917: six-month sentence.
Convicted: Imprisoned in the 1917-1919 National Woman's Party suffrage campaign