Biography
Lois Levitan was jailed following the October 21, 1967 Pentagon antiwar mobilization. Contemporary reporting identifies her as an eighteen-year-old from Chicago and records her release from the D.C. Women’s House of Detention on November 6, shortly before she spoke at a Georgetown press conference. She described segregation and abuse in custody. The exact initial jail-admission date, sentence and final disposition are not established.
Judy Willis’s account of the November 6, 1967 press conference documents the demonstrators’ testimony about actual custody following the October 21 Pentagon mobilization. It describes segregation, coercive processing and abuse. It specifically places Rader and Kauffman still imprisoned and fasting; a claimed official release is not accepted as an actual discharge. Washington Free Press, November23,1967 vol2 no19, original PDF page 3. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1967-11-23-wfp-vol-2-no-19.pdf#page=3
Lois Levitan was jailed following the October 21, 1967 Pentagon antiwar mobilization. Contemporary reporting identifies her as an eighteen-year-old from Chicago and records her release from the D.C. Women’s House of Detention on November 6, shortly before she spoke at a Georgetown press conference. She described segregation and abuse in custody. The exact initial jail-admission date, sentence and final disposition are not established.
Historical record; unknown custody endpoints remain blank.
