November 20, 1917: No word from, or about, the suffragists being held in Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse and D.C.’s District Jail today—but plenty of action by both the National Woman’s Party and the New York State Woman Suffrage Party.
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Today in Feminist History: Will Their Jailers Admit That Suffragists are Political Prisoners?
November 19, 1917: Sixteen of the suffragists imprisoned in Occoquan Workhouse are continuing the hunger strike they began after arrival on the evening of the 14th—but their condition has now become so serious that according to Mary Short, who was just released today, Superintendent Whittaker has asked for permission to grant their demand to be treated as political prisoners.
Today in Feminist History: Alice Paul Details Her Abuse in Prison Via Smuggled Statements
November 18, 1917: National Woman’s Party leader Alice Paul has finally been transferred out of the psychopathic ward of Washington, D.C.’s District Jail, and today succeeded in smuggling a note out of the hospital ward where she is now being kept during her hunger strike and force-feedings.
Today in Feminist History: Reports of the Abuse of Jailed Suffragists is Causing a Stir in D.C.
November 17, 1917: Public support for the imprisoned “Silent Sentinel” suffragists is increasing now that newspapers have begun to print excerpts from a note written by Lucy Burns that was smuggled out of Occoquan Workhouse. The lawyer for several of the women in Occoquan was also able to visit them yesterday and is still talking […]
Today in Feminist History: Jailed Suffragists Break Their Silence
November 16, 1917: The isolation of the suffrage prisoners in Occoquan Workhouse was finally broken today, and details about their ordeals are about to become known to the public.
The Radical Feminist Possibility of the Shakespearean Sonnet
We assume that William Shakespeare invented the Shakespearean sonnet—but what if Mary Sidney did instead?
My Mother Was a Feminist: A Call to Consciousness
Thursday nights—when my dad met his boys for tennis at the 59th Street courts, followed by burgers and drinks at PJ Clark’s—the ladies gathered in the living room to talk about the breakdown of communication in their marriages, the insidious and daily oppression they felt, the depression and malaise in the absence of career or workplace engagement.
Today in Feminist History: Jailed Suffragists at Occoquan Workhouse are on a Hunger Strike
November 15, 1917: Hunger strike! The policy of total resistance to the authorities at Occoquan Workhouse by imprisoned suffragists until they are granted political prisoner status has now expanded to rejecting all food, according to a bulletin from the National Woman’s Party.
Today in Feminist History: Suffragists Suffer Violent Fates in Occoquan Workhouse
November 14, 1917: Occoquan Workhouse is living up to its barbaric reputation tonight as suffragist prisoners endure a night of terror.
Today in Feminist History: The Silent Sentinels Were Sent Back to Jail After a Non-Violent Suffrage Protest in D.C.
November 13, 1917: Today saw yet another example of the outrageous treatment given to the peaceful suffragists picketing President Wilson.