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Irma Otto

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New Hampshire
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Biography

Irma C. Otto chaired the New Hampshire Progressive Party. When questioned in January 1954 during the state attorney general’s anti-subversion investigation, she answered only her name and invoked Article 15 of the New Hampshire Bill of Rights. The attorney general threatened to seek a contempt finding if she continued to refuse, but the reviewed record does not establish an arrest, contempt commitment, or confinement.

Case

Charges: Questioning in the New Hampshire attorney general’s anti-subversion investigation
Sentence: Subpoenaed and threatened with contempt; no arrest or confinement established.
Convicted: Yes