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Joy Young

Released
Date of birth:August 1891
Date of death:December 1953
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
2 Days
Support
Women's suffrage
Joy Young

Biography

Joy Young 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. Doris Stevens recorded her term as: July 4, 1917: three days.

Case

Arrested: Jul 4, 1917
Incarcerated: Jul 6, 1917
Released: Jul 8, 1917
Sentence: July 4, 1917: three days.