Biography
Barbara Hartle was the only woman among the Seattle defendants prosecuted under the Smith Act. Federal agents arrested her on September 17, 1952. She was convicted on October 9, 1953 and sentenced to five years in federal prison and a $1,000 fine. Hartle initially remained free on bail, then abandoned her appeal and served twenty and one-half months before she was paroled on February 1, 1956.
National Guardian, October 19, 1953, national page 16: The paper names Paul L. Bowen, John S. Daschbach, Henry P. Huff, Barbara Hartle and Terry Pettus as convicted by a Seattle federal jury October 9 of conspiracy to teach and advocate violent overthrow. It says the trial began April 15 with seven defendants, that Karley Larsen separated his defense and was acquitted, and that William J. Pennock died August 2. It does not supply an individualized sentence or a completed term of imprisonment. This contemporary verdict report does not supersede later appellate outcomes. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/national-guardian/1953-10-19-5-52-nat-guardian.pdf
