Pauline Feuer

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Louisiana
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Pauline Feuer was a New Orleans educator cited for contempt of Congress in 1956 after telling the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee it had no authority to inquire into her personal beliefs.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Cited for contempt of Congress Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for defying the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Convicted: Contempt citation recommended to the Senate (1956)

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