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Willie Grace Johnson

Released
Full name:Willie Johnson
Date of birth:22. 03. 1879
Date of death:March 1952
Age:72† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
Support
Women's Suffrage
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Biography

Willie Grace Johnson 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: February 1919: five days.

Stevens identifies Johnson as a Louisiana state officer of the National Woman’s Party, a businesswoman and a participant in civic work.

Doris Stevens, Appendix 4, printed page 363.

Case

Arrested: February 1919
Incarcerated: Feb 10, 1919
Released: Feb 13, 1919
Sentence: February 1919: five days.