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Gladys Greiner

Released
Date of birth:September 1890
Date of death:06. 04. 1961
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
2 Days
Support
Women's suffrage
Gladys Greiner

Biography

Gladys Greiner 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.

Case

Charges: Obstructing traffic
Arrested: Jul 4, 1917
Incarcerated: Jul 6, 1917
Released: Jul 8, 1917
Sentence: Three days