Nell Mercer

Released
Date of birth:13. 08. 1893
Date of death:30. 09. 1979
Age:86† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
Support
Women's Suffrage
Nell Mercer

Biography

Nell Mercer 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: February 1919: five days.

Stevens describes Mercer as a businesswoman and a member of the Norfolk branch of the National Woman’s Party.

Doris Stevens, Appendix 4, printed page 365.

Case

Arrested: Feb 9, 1919
Incarcerated: Feb 10, 1919
Released: Feb 13, 1919
Sentence: February 1919: five days.

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