Why I Vote
As noted in Doris Stevens’ book Jailed for Freedom, originally published in 1920, more than 500 American women suffragists were arrested during the movement to win voting rights. Many were arrested but never brought to trial. Others were convicted but had their sentences suspended or appealed. This is the list of women who served jail time:
MINNIE D. ABBOTT•MRS. PAULINE ADAMS•EDITH AINGE•HARRIET U. ANDREWS•MRS. ANNIE ARNEIL•BERTHE ARNOLD•VIRGINIA ARNOLD•MRS. W. D. ASCOUGH•MRS. ARMY SCORR BAKER•MRS. CHARLES W. BARNES•MRS. NAOMI BARRETT•MRS. W. J. BARTLETT•MRS. M. TOSCAN BENNETT•HILDA BLUMBERG•MRS. KATE BOECKH•MRS. CATHERINE BOYLE•LUCY G. BRANHAM•MRS. LUCY G. BRANHAM•MRS. JOHN WINTERS BRANNAN•JENNIE BRONENBERG•MRS. MARY E. BROWN•LOUISE BRYANT•LUCY BURNS• MRS. HENRY BUTTERWORTH•MRS. LUCILLE A. CALME•ELEANOR CALNAN•MRS. AGNES CHASE•MRS. PALYS L. CHEVRIER•MRS. HELEN CHISASKI•MRS. WILLIAM CHISHOLM•JOSEPHINE COLLINS•MRS. SARAH TARLETON COLVIN•BETTY CONNOLLY•MRS. ALICE M. COSU•CORA CRAWFORD•GERTRUDE CROCKER•RUTH CROCKER•MISS L. J. C. DANIELS DOROTHY DAY•EDNA DIXON•LAVINIA L. DOCK•MRS. MARY CARROLL DOWELL•MARY DUBROW•JULIA EMORY•MRS. EDMUND C. EVANS•LUCY EWING•MRS. ESTELLA EYLWARD•MARY GERTRUDE FENDALL•ELLA FINDEISEN•KATHARINE FISHER•MRS. ROSE GRATZ FISHSTEIN•ROSE FISHSTEIN•CATHERINE M. FLANAGAN•MARTHA FOLEY•MRS. T. W. FORBES•JANET FOTHERINGHAM•MARGARET FOTHERINGHAM•FRANCIS FOWLER•MRS. MATILDA HALL GARDNER•ANNA GINSBERG•REBA GOMROROV•ALICE GRAM•BETTY GRAM•NATALIE GRAT•MRS. FRANCIS GREEN•GLADYS GREINER•MRS. J. IRVING GROSS•ANNA GWINTER•ELIZABETH HAMILTON•ERNESTINE HARA•REBECCA HARRISON•MRS. H. O. HAVEMEYER•KATE HEFFELFINGER•MRS. JESSICA HENDERSON• MINNIE HENNESY•ANNE HERKIMER•ELSIE HILL•MRS. GEORGE HILL•MRS. FLORENCE BAYARD HILLES•MRS. J. A. H. HOPKINS (ALLISON TURNBULL)•MRS. L. H. HORNBBY• ELIZABETH HOFF•EUNICE HUFF•HAZEL HUNSINS•JULIA HURLBUT•MARY INGRAM•MRS. MARK JACKSON•PAULA JAKOBI•MAUD JAMISON•MRS. PEGGY BAIRD JOHNS•WILLIE GRACE JOHNSON•AMY JUENGLING•ELIZABETH GREEN KALB•RHODA KELLOGG•MRS. FREDERICK W. KENDALL•MARIE ERNST KENNEDY•MRS. MARGARET WOOD KESSLER• ALICE KIMBALL•MRS. BEATRICE KINKEAD•MRS. RQBY E. KOENIG•HATTIE KRUGER•DR. ANNA KUHN•MRS. LAWRENCE LEWIS•KATHARINE LINCOLN•DR. SARAH H. LOCKREY• ELIZABETH MCSHANE•MRS. ANNIE J. MAGEE•MRS. EFFIE B. MAIN•MAUD MALONE•ANNE MARTIN•MRS. LOUISE PARKER MAYO•NELL MERCER•VIDA MILHOLLAND•MRS. BERTHA MOLLER•MARTHA W. MOORE•MRS. AGNES H. MOREY•KATHARINE A. MOREY•MILDRED MORRIS•MRS. PHOEBE C. MUNNECKE•GERTRUDE MURPHY•MRS. MARY A. NOLAN•MRS. MARGARET OAKES•ALICE PAUL•BERRY POTTIER•EDNA M. PURTELLE•MRS. R. B. QUAY• MRS. BETSY REYNEAU•MRS. C. T. ROBERTSON•MRS. GEORGE E. ROEWER•MRS. JOHN ROGERS, JR•MARGUERITE ROSSETTE•MRS. ELISE T. RUSSIAN•NINA SAMARODIN•MRS. PHOEBE PERSONS SCOTT•RUTH SCOTT•BELLE SHEINBERG•MRS. LUCILLE SHIELDS• MRS. MARTHA REED SHOEMAKER•MRS. MARY SHORT•MRS. LOIS WARREN SHAW•RUTH SMALL•DR. CAROLINE E. SPENCER•MRS. KATE STAFFORD•DORIS STEVENS•ELIZABETH STUYVESANT•ELSIE UNTERMAN•MABEL VERNON•MRS. ELSIE VERVANE•IRIS CALDERHEAD (WIFE OF JOHN BRISBEN WALKER)•MRS. ROBERT WALKER•BERTHA WALLERSTEIN•MRS. BERTHA WALMSLEY•MRS. WILLIAM UPTON WATSON•MRS. C. WEAVER•EVA WEAVER•MRS. HELENA HILL WEED•CORA A. WEEK•CAMILLA WHITCOMB• SUE WHITE•MARGARET FAY WHITTEMORE•MRS. HARVEY W. WILEY•ROSS WINSLOW• MARY WINSOR•ELLEN WINSOR•MRS. KATE WINSTON•CLARA WOLD•JOY YOUNG• MATILDA YOUNG•
MINNIE D. ABBOTT•MRS. PAULINE ADAMS•EDITH AINGE•HARRIET U. ANDREWS•MRS. ANNIE ARNEIL•BERTHE ARNOLD•VIRGINIA ARNOLD•MRS. W. D. ASCOUGH•MRS. ARMY SCORR BAKER•MRS. CHARLES W. BARNES•MRS. NAOMI BARRETT•MRS. W. J. BARTLETT•MRS. M. TOSCAN BENNETT•HILDA BLUMBERG•MRS. KATE BOECKH•MRS. CATHERINE BOYLE•LUCY G. BRANHAM•MRS. LUCY G. BRANHAM•MRS. JOHN WINTERS BRANNAN•JENNIE BRONENBERG•MRS. MARY E. BROWN•LOUISE BRYANT•LUCY BURNS• MRS. HENRY BUTTERWORTH•MRS. LUCILLE A. CALME•ELEANOR CALNAN•MRS. AGNES CHASE•MRS. PALYS L. CHEVRIER•MRS. HELEN CHISASKI•MRS. WILLIAM CHISHOLM•JOSEPHINE COLLINS•MRS. SARAH TARLETON COLVIN•BETTY CONNOLLY•MRS. ALICE M. COSU•CORA CRAWFORD•GERTRUDE CROCKER•RUTH CROCKER•MISS L. J. C. DANIELS DOROTHY DAY•EDNA DIXON•LAVINIA L. DOCK•MRS. MARY CARROLL DOWELL•MARY DUBROW•JULIA EMORY•MRS. EDMUND C. EVANS•LUCY EWING•MRS. ESTELLA EYLWARD•MARY GERTRUDE FENDALL•ELLA FINDEISEN•KATHARINE FISHER•MRS. ROSE GRATZ FISHSTEIN•ROSE FISHSTEIN•CATHERINE M. FLANAGAN•MARTHA FOLEY•MRS. T. W. FORBES•JANET FOTHERINGHAM•MARGARET FOTHERINGHAM•FRANCIS FOWLER•MRS. MATILDA HALL GARDNER•ANNA GINSBERG•REBA GOMROROV•ALICE GRAM•BETTY GRAM•NATALIE GRAT•MRS. FRANCIS GREEN•GLADYS GREINER•MRS. J. IRVING GROSS•ANNA GWINTER•ELIZABETH HAMILTON•ERNESTINE HARA•REBECCA HARRISON•MRS. H. O. HAVEMEYER•KATE HEFFELFINGER•MRS. JESSICA HENDERSON• MINNIE HENNESY•ANNE HERKIMER•ELSIE HILL•MRS. GEORGE HILL•MRS. FLORENCE BAYARD HILLES•MRS. J. A. H. HOPKINS (ALLISON TURNBULL)•MRS. L. H. HORNBBY• ELIZABETH HOFF•EUNICE HUFF•HAZEL HUNSINS•JULIA HURLBUT•MARY INGRAM•MRS. MARK JACKSON•PAULA JAKOBI•MAUD JAMISON•MRS. PEGGY BAIRD JOHNS•WILLIE GRACE JOHNSON•AMY JUENGLING•ELIZABETH GREEN KALB•RHODA KELLOGG•MRS. FREDERICK W. KENDALL•MARIE ERNST KENNEDY•MRS. MARGARET WOOD KESSLER• ALICE KIMBALL•MRS. BEATRICE KINKEAD•MRS. RQBY E. KOENIG•HATTIE KRUGER•DR. ANNA KUHN•MRS. LAWRENCE LEWIS•KATHARINE LINCOLN•DR. SARAH H. LOCKREY• ELIZABETH MCSHANE•MRS. ANNIE J. MAGEE•MRS. EFFIE B. MAIN•MAUD MALONE•ANNE MARTIN•MRS. LOUISE PARKER MAYO•NELL MERCER•VIDA MILHOLLAND•MRS. BERTHA MOLLER•MARTHA W. MOORE•MRS. AGNES H. MOREY•KATHARINE A. MOREY•MILDRED MORRIS•MRS. PHOEBE C. MUNNECKE•GERTRUDE MURPHY•MRS. MARY A. NOLAN•MRS. MARGARET OAKES•ALICE PAUL•BERRY POTTIER•EDNA M. PURTELLE•MRS. R. B. QUAY• MRS. BETSY REYNEAU•MRS. C. T. ROBERTSON•MRS. GEORGE E. ROEWER•MRS. JOHN ROGERS, JR•MARGUERITE ROSSETTE•MRS. ELISE T. RUSSIAN•NINA SAMARODIN•MRS. PHOEBE PERSONS SCOTT•RUTH SCOTT•BELLE SHEINBERG•MRS. LUCILLE SHIELDS• MRS. MARTHA REED SHOEMAKER•MRS. MARY SHORT•MRS. LOIS WARREN SHAW•RUTH SMALL•DR. CAROLINE E. SPENCER•MRS. KATE STAFFORD•DORIS STEVENS•ELIZABETH STUYVESANT•ELSIE UNTERMAN•MABEL VERNON•MRS. ELSIE VERVANE•IRIS CALDERHEAD (WIFE OF JOHN BRISBEN WALKER)•MRS. ROBERT WALKER•BERTHA WALLERSTEIN•MRS. BERTHA WALMSLEY•MRS. WILLIAM UPTON WATSON•MRS. C. WEAVER•EVA WEAVER•MRS. HELENA HILL WEED•CORA A. WEEK•CAMILLA WHITCOMB• SUE WHITE•MARGARET FAY WHITTEMORE•MRS. HARVEY W. WILEY•ROSS WINSLOW• MARY WINSOR•ELLEN WINSOR•MRS. KATE WINSTON•CLARA WOLD•JOY YOUNG• MATILDA YOUNG•
posted by Amy R Shipp @ 10:04 AM
1 Comments:
Great Post! And there are the stories of people who after winning the right to vote in South Africa, walked for days and stood in line for hours more, just to vote. And in some cases people in the U.S. will not walk across the street to do so - god forbid it rains on election day - another excuse to stay home! Almost criminal, I say.
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