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Kate Gitlow

Era:1920s
State:New York
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Kate Gitlow

Biography

The July 4, 1928 front-page caption identified Rebecca Grecht, Robert Minor and Kate Gitlow among fourteen arrested when police attacked the July 3 Wall Street demonstration against U.S. intervention in Nicaragua. Daily Worker, July 4, 1928, original PDF page 1. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n157-NY-jul-04-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

The July13 welcome announcement identifies KateGitlow, secretary of the UnitedCouncil of WorkingclassWomen, as arrested at the July3 demonstration and subsequently released. She was to speak at the welcome and demanded treatment equal to her jailed comrades. Actual release by publication is established, but no exact physical discharge day or complete custody is supplied.

Daily Worker, July13,1928, PDF page 1.

Case

Arrested: Jul 3, 1928
Sentence: The July 4, 1928 front-page caption identified Rebecca Grecht, Robert Minor and Kate Gitlow among fourteen arrested when police attacked the July 3 Wall Street demonstration against U.S. intervention in Nicaragua. Daily Worker, July 4, 1928, original PDF page 1. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1928/1928-ny/v05-n157-NY-jul-04-1928-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1