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Rena Mooney

Released
Full name:Rena Hermann Mooney
Date of birth:1882
Date of death:29. 03. 1952
Age:70 Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Socialism
Rena Mooney

Biography

Rena Mooney was a San Francisco music teacher, socialist activist, and the wife of Tom Mooney. She was indicted along with her husband, Warren Billings, Israel Weinberg, and Edward Nolan for the July 22, 1916 Preparedness Day Parade bombing, after photographs purported to place her at the scene. She was acquitted by jury in July 1917 and went on to lead the international defense campaign that ultimately freed her husband in 1939.

Case

San Francisco County Jail
Charges: Murder (San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade bombing of July 22, 1916)
Arrested: Jul 26, 1916
Released: Jul 1, 1917
Sentence: Acquitted after pretrial detention
Convicted: No — acquitted
Institution State: California