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Mrs. Henry Butterworth

Released
Full name:Henry Butterworth
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
14 Days
Support
Women's Suffrage
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Biography

Mrs. Henry Butterworth 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: November 1917: 30 days at Occoquan.

Stevens describes Butterworth as a charter member of the National Society of Craftsmen, with long involvement in New York civic and suffrage work.

Doris Stevens, Appendix 4, printed page 356.

Case

Arrested: Nov 10, 1917
Sentenced: Nov 12, 1917
Incarcerated: Nov 14, 1917
Released: Nov 28, 1917
Sentence: November 1917: 30 days at Occoquan.