Abby Scott Baker

AKA: Abby Pearce Scott Baker
Released
Full name:Abby Baker
Date of birth:24. 07. 1871
Date of death:13. 05. 1944
Age:72† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Women's suffrage National Woman's Party Silent Sentinels
Abby Scott Baker

Biography

Abby Pearce Scott Baker (July 24, 1871 - May 13, 1944) was a National Woman’s Party lobbyist and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the 1917-1919 campaign to picket the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.

She was arrested on September 4, 1917 and sentenced to sixty days at the Occoquan Workhouse. The located sources do not supply her discharge date or establish that she served the full sixty days, so no release is recorded.

Case

Charges: Arrested for picketing the Wilson White House for woman suffrage.
Arrested: Sep 4, 1917
Incarcerated: Sep 4, 1917
Sentence: Sixty days at the Occoquan Workhouse, after arrest on September 4, 1917. The sources do not supply a discharge date or establish that the full term was served, so no release is recorded.
Convicted: Imprisoned in the 1917-1919 National Woman's Party suffrage campaign

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