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Elizabeth Donnelley

Era:1920s
State:Massachusetts
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Biography

Elizabeth Donnelley was a Textile Mill Committees children’s organizer arrested with several unnamed children for trying to sing strike songs in a New Bedford public park. The August 14 dispatch printed August 15, 1928 says the arrest occurred the previous week. August month precision is retained; no exact day, personal charge, discharge or complete detention total is supplied. The original surname Donnelley is preserved. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n193-NY-aug-15-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Charges: Arrest for organizing strike songs in a New Bedford public park; statutory count unspecified.
Arrested: August 1928
Sentence: Actual August 1928 arrest reported; no completed sentence, release day or detention total established. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n193-NY-aug-15-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1