Biography
Pearl C. Ewald was a Quaker peace activist and Peace Action Center worker. She was imprisoned after the 1962 White House nuclear-test vigil and later advocated war-tax resistance.
The Militant individually identifies this participant in the integrated Quebec–Washington–Guantanamo peace walk among those arrested and taken to jail in Griffin, Georgia on November 9, 1963. Its account alleges police use of electric cattle prods against walkers and reports the group’s release after negotiations over permission to continue. It does not establish a complete individual custody duration. The separate November 19 Macon arrests are a collective report and are not assigned to every Griffin participant. The Militant, November 25, 1963, vol.27 no.42, original PDF page 3. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1963/2742/MIL2742.pdf#page=3
A contemporary report records the twenty-day sentence for the 1962 White House vigil as served. Friends Journal, July 1, 1962, p. 281.
Mildred B. Young’s July 1, 1962 report on the White House nuclear-test vigil distinguishes two jail phases for the four Peace Action Center staff members. In the first, charges were dismissed after about twenty-four hours and the prisoners were released. For the later twenty-day sentences, the report individually identifies Pearl C. Ewald among the three who served the sentences out, while Lawrence Scott posted bail pending appeal. The report supplies no exact individual admission or discharge days for these phases.
Friends Journal, July 1, 1962, printed page 281, Vigil at the White House.
