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The New York Times, November 13, 1917 – The forty-one women, arrested previously, are paroled with a suspended sentence. Thirty-one women, most of whom had just been paroled, are arrested for picketing. Forty women from New York go to the White House with a petition urging President Wilson to support the Federal Suffrage Amendment and asking him to release the jailed suffragists. read clipping

 

The New York Times, November 14, 1917 – A skirmish occurs between the women picketing in front of the White House and the onlookers. Boys attack the women and tear the banners the women are carrying. The thirty-one women, arrested yesterday, are rearrested. read clipping

 

The New York Times, November 14, 1917 – Now that women can vote in New York, they want to be included on juries. To date in the courts, women have been tried by all male juries. read clipping

 

The New York Times, November 15, 1917 – The thirty-one women arrested yesterday are sentenced to terms ranging from six days to six months in the Occoquan Workhouse of the District of Columbia. Mary A. Nolan, who is over seventy years old, is sentenced to six days. Lucy Burns, vice chair of the National Woman’s Party, receives the maximum sentence. read clipping

 

The New York Times, November 16, 1917 – Thirty women, just sent to the Occoquan Workhouse, begin hunger strikes. read clipping

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