Biography
Camilla Whitcomb 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. Held at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia or the District of Columbia Jail, many of these prisoners joined hunger strikes and were force-fed. A Worcester, Massachusetts suffragist.
Stevens individually identifies the picketer and records: Thirty days in jail after the November 10, 1917 picket. This imposed term does not establish actual service or new endpoints.
Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom, Appendix 4, PDF pages 17.
