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Helen Meyers

AKA: Helen Myers
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:California
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Helen Meyers

Biography

Helen Meyers (also printed as Helen Myers) was a San Francisco State College student, Young Socialist Alliance member, and member of the Strike Support Coordinating Committee during the 1968–1969 student strike. After an arrest on December 3, 1968, she was sentenced in March 1969 to 45 days in jail, an additional suspended six-month term, and three years of probation. After her appeal was rejected, she began serving the 45-day jail sentence on July 14, 1969. A contemporaneous prisoner-support letter placed her in custody in San Bruno. In a separate case arising from the January 23, 1969 mass arrest, she and nine other strikers were acquitted on June 10, 1969. Her exact release date is not established by these sources.

Portrait: exact rectangular crop from the individually captioned photograph, original PDF page 10. Photographer not credited. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1969/3327/MIL3327.pdf#page=10. Historical educational identification; no open-license or permission claim.

Helen Meyers (also printed as Helen Myers) was a San Francisco State College student, Young Socialist Alliance member, and member of the Strike Support Coordinating Committee during the 1968–1969 student strike. After an arrest on December 3, 1968, she was sentenced in March 1969 to 45 days in jail, an additional suspended six-month term, and three years of probation. After her appeal was rejected, she began serving the 45-day jail sentence on July 14, 1969. A contemporaneous prisoner-support letter placed her in custody in San Bruno. In a separate case arising from the January 23, 1969 mass arrest, she and nine other strikers were acquitted on June 10, 1969. Her exact release date is not established by these sources.

Historical record; no present custody or release status is asserted. Unknown physical custody endpoints remain blank.

The Militant, August 1, 1969, pages 2–3.

The Militant, July 4, 1969, page 10.

Cases

Charges: Charges arising from the San Francisco State College student strike; specific statutory charges not identified in the source
Arrested: Dec 3, 1968
Sentenced: March 1969
Incarcerated: Jul 14, 1969
Sentence: 45 days in jail, six months suspended, and three years of probation
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Three charges arising from the January 23, 1969 San Francisco State strike mass arrest; exact charges not specified
Arrested: Jan 23, 1969
Sentence: Acquitted June 10, 1969; no prison term established for this separate case
Convicted: No