Ernestine Hara

AKA: Ernestine Hara Kettler; Ernestine Emerson
Released
Date of birth:25. 01. 1896
Date of death:01. 11. 1978
Age:82† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month
Support
Women's suffrage
Ernestine Hara

Biography

Ernestine Hara 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. She left an oral history of her imprisonment. (January 25, 1896 - November 1, 1978; later Ernestine Hara Kettler)

She was arrested on September 22, 1917. After about an hour awaiting bail she was tried on September 23 and sentenced to thirty days for obstructing traffic. She entered the Occoquan Workhouse and was transferred to the District Jail for the final three days of the term. Her oral history says she served the full thirty days, which would place completion around October 23, but no discharge record has been located and that date is not entered.

Case

Arrested: Sep 22, 1917
Incarcerated: Sep 23, 1917
Sentence: Thirty days for obstructing traffic, imposed September 23, 1917 after arrest on September 22 and about an hour awaiting bail. Served at the Occoquan Workhouse, with transfer to the District Jail for the final three days. Her oral history says she served the full term; no discharge record has been located, so the nominal completion date of about October 23 is not recorded as a release.

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