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Dr. Caroline E. Spencer

Released
Full name:Caroline Spencer
Date of birth:30. 10. 1861
Date of death:16. 09. 1928
Age:66† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Women's suffrage
Dr. Caroline E. Spencer

Biography

Dr. Caroline E. Spencer 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. Doris Stevens recorded her term as: October 20, 1917: seven-month sentence; January 13, 1919: five days.

Stevens records a seven-month sentence after the October 20, 1917 arrest and a separate five-day sentence after the January 13, 1919 watchfire. It does not report 210 days actually served. The nominal seven-month-to-210-day actual override is removed.

Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom, Appendix 4, PDF pages 15.

Case

Arrested: Oct 20, 1917
Incarcerated: Oct 20, 1917
Sentence: October 20, 1917: seven-month sentence; January 13, 1919: five days.