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Agnes H. Morey

AKA: Mary Agnes Hosmer Morey
Released
Date of birth:25. 10. 1868
Date of death:28. 03. 1924
Age:55† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
14 Days
Support
Women's suffrage
Agnes H. Morey

Biography

Agnes H. Morey was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the 1917-1919 campaign to picket the Wilson White House for woman suffrage. (Recorded as Mary Agnes Hosmer Morey; October 25, 1868 - March 28, 1924)

She was arrested on November 10, 1917. After the original cases were dismissed on November 12 she rejoined the renewed picketing and was held again on November 13. She was sentenced on November 14 to thirty days and transferred to the Occoquan Workhouse on November 15. She was released in the unconditional discharge of the remaining suffrage prisoners on November 27 and 28, about thirteen or fourteen days into the sentence.

Case

Charges: Obstructing traffic
Arrested: Nov 10, 1917
Incarcerated: Nov 14, 1917
Released: Nov 28, 1917
Sentence: Thirty days