MAKE A MEME View Large Image Arrest of White House pickets 160038v.jpg Photograph of Catherine Flanagan Left and Mrs William Upton Madeleine Watson R of the National Woman's Party being arrested as they picket with banners before the White House East Gate Heckling ...
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Keywords: Arrest of White House pickets 160038v.jpg Photograph of Catherine Flanagan Left and Mrs William Upton Madeleine Watson R of the National Woman's Party being arrested as they picket with banners before the White House East Gate Heckling sailor to left policemen left and right arresting policewoman center crowd of men behind Title derived by Library of Congress staff Photograph published in The Suffragist 5 no 83 Aug 25 1917 6-7 Similar photograph printed in The Suffragist 5 no 83 25 Aug 1917 6-7 Captioned Arrest of Miss Catherine Flanagan and Mrs William Upton Watson at East Gate of White House with Banner `How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty ' Sailors and Roughs Encouraged by Police Shown in Background Handwritten caption on the back of a similar photograph in NWP identifies the two women as Catherine Flanagan and Gertrude Crocker Catharine M Flanagan was arrested picketing August 1917 sentenced to 30 days in Occoquan Workhouse Mrs William Upton Watson of Chicago Illinois was treasurer of the Illinois state branch of the NWP She was arrested Aug 17 1917 for picketing and sentenced to 30 days in Occoquan Workhouse Arrested again in August 1918 she was sentenced to five days for participation in Lafayette Square meeting Gertrude Crocker served three jail sentences 30 days for picketing the White House in 1917; 10 days for assisting Lafayette Square meeting 1918 and five days for watchfire demonstration 1919 Source Doris Stevens Jailed for Freedom New York Boni and Liveright 1920 357 359 369 1 photograph print 5 25 x 7 in accession number Call Number Location National Woman's Party Records Group I Container I 160 Folder Pickets--Arrests and Imprisonment Source Collection Records of the National Woman's Party Repository Manuscript Division http //connecticuthistory org/women-of-the-prison-brigade/ http //hdl loc gov/loc mss/mnwp 160038 PD-Harris-Ewing Suffragettes White House in 1917 Demonstrations and protests in Washington D C
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