Biography
Jean Marshall Clarke was the Virginia coordinator of the National Organization for Women. Capitol police arrested her on February 9, 1978 during a protest after a Virginia House committee voted to block the Equal Rights Amendment. Witnesses reported that she went limp and was dragged from the Capitol grounds.
Photo: Bob Brown / Richmond Times-Dispatch, via Library of Virginia. Original-image crop; identified by the source (newspaper caption identifies Jean Marshall Clarke, foreground woman being arrested). Source: https://www.lva.virginia.gov/collections/educator-resources/dbva/items/show/344 . Non-free image used at low resolution under this site's educational/memorial fair-use rationale; not an open-license or permission claim.
