Suffragist. She was an activist supporter of efforts to secure the right to vote for women in America, one of America's oldest suffragists and the oldest suffrage prisoner. She joined the National Womens Party in 1917 and traveled to Washington, D.C., where she picketed the White House, trying to draw attention to women's suffrage. She was arrested on November 10, 1917, and was sent to the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia for six days, which included the famous "night of terror," during which time the guards turned abusively violent against the women protestors. She became a participant in the National Womens Party tour which traveled nationwide speaking of their jail experiences. In 1919, she was repeatedly arrested during the "watchfire" demonstrations outside the White House. Over two years, she was arrested 10 times and jailed five times. After the 19th Amendment to the Constitution acknowledged a woman's right to vote, she cast one of her city's first votes rendered by a female hand. In 1982, the National Organization for Women memorialized her unmarked grave at St. Mary's Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida.
Suffragist. She was an activist supporter of efforts to secure the right to vote for women in America, one of America's oldest suffragists and the oldest suffrage prisoner. She joined the National Womens Party in 1917 and traveled to Washington, D.C., where she picketed the White House, trying to draw attention to women's suffrage. She was arrested on November 10, 1917, and was sent to the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia for six days, which included the famous "night of terror," during which time the guards turned abusively violent against the women protestors. She became a participant in the National Womens Party tour which traveled nationwide speaking of their jail experiences. In 1919, she was repeatedly arrested during the "watchfire" demonstrations outside the White House. Over two years, she was arrested 10 times and jailed five times. After the 19th Amendment to the Constitution acknowledged a woman's right to vote, she cast one of her city's first votes rendered by a female hand. In 1982, the National Organization for Women memorialized her unmarked grave at St. Mary's Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida.
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