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The New York Times, July 15, 1917 – On Bastille Day, commemorating the French Revolution, sixteen women picketing the White House for suffrage are arrested. The most prominent banner of the picketers bears the motto of the French Revolution: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”. The women are released when they pay their bonds. read clipping

The New York Times, July 17, 1917 – During the trial of the sixteen women arrested on Bastille Day, the police are blamed for not dispersing the crowd. read clipping

The New York Times, July 18, 1917 – Front Page – The sixteen women arrested on Bastille Day are sentenced to pay a $25 fine or to serve sixty days in the District of Columbia Workhouse in Occoquan, VA. The women refuse to pay the fine and are sent to the workhouse. Dudley Field Malone, who is defending the women, meets with President Wilson on the matter. Moore is the Collector of the Port of New York, appointed to that position by President Wilson. Several of the women sent to the workhouse are prominent women. read clipping

The New York Times, July 19, 1917 – Front Page – President Woodrow Wilson is shocked at the sixty-day sentences given to picketers from the National Woman’s Party. Dudley Field Malone meets with the women in the workhouse. read clipping