Bastille Day spells prison for sixteen suffragettes who picketed the White House

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Title

Bastille Day spells prison for sixteen suffragettes who picketed the White House

Description

Bastille Day spells prison for sixteen suffragettes who picketed the White House. Miss Julia Hurlbut of Morristown, New Jersey, leading the sixteen members of the National Womans Party who participated in the picketing demonstration in front of the White House, Washington, District of Columbia, July 14,1917, which led to their arrest. These sixteen women were sent to the workhouse at Occoquan, on July 17, 1917, upon their refusal to pay fines of $25 each, but were pardoned on July 19, 1917.


Creator

War Department. (1789 - 09/18/1947)

Source

Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, compiled 1917 - 1918

Publisher

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpixorder@nara.gov.

Date

07/19/1917

Rights

Restricted - Possibly
Copyright

Type

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Identifier

ARC Identifier 533766