Sue Shelton White

Released
Full name:Sue White
Date of birth:25. 05. 1887
Date of death:06. 05. 1943
Age:55† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Sue Shelton White

Biography

Sue Shelton White 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. Held at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia or the District of Columbia Jail, many of these prisoners joined hunger strikes and were force-fed. A Tennessee lawyer and editor of The Suffragist, jailed in 1919 for a watchfire demonstration.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Incarcerated: Feb 10, 1919
Released: Feb 13, 1919
Sentence: Jailed during the National Woman's Party White House picketing campaign (individual term not fully documented).
Convicted: Imprisoned during the 1917-1919 suffrage picketing campaign

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