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Peggy Baird Johns

Released
Full name:Peggy Johns
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
14 Days
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
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Biography

Peggy Baird Johns 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: August 1917: 30 days; November 1917: 30 days.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Incarcerated: Nov 14, 1917
Released: Nov 28, 1917
Sentence: August 1917: 30 days; November 1917: 30 days.
Convicted: Imprisoned in the 1917-1919 National Woman's Party suffrage campaign