Miss Minnie Hennessy of Connecticut, sentenced to six months at Occoquan Workhouse for picketing with a suffrage banner at the gates of the White House

Miss Minnie Hennessy of Connecticut, sentenced to six months at Occoquan Workhouse for picketing with a suffrage banner at the gates of the White House

Women--Suffrage--Connecticut; Picketing; Hennessy, Minnie; Suffragists--United States--1910-1920

Minnie Hennessey of Hartford, CT, was a self-supporting business woman. She was arrested for picketing the White House Oct. 6, 1917, and her sentence was suspended. Rearrested Oct. 8, 1917, she was sentenced to 6 months in prison. (Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom. NY:Boni and Liverright, 1920, p.361)

Harris & Ewing, Washington, DC.

Library of Congress, National Woman's Party Records, Group I, Container I:152, Folder: Hennessy, Minnie.

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ca. 1913-1918

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