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Lucy Gwynne Branham

AKA: Lucy G. Branham
Released
Full name:Lucy Branham
Date of birth:29. 04. 1892
Date of death:18. 07. 1966
Age:74† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
Support
Women's suffrage
Lucy Gwynne Branham

Biography

Lucy Gwynne Branham 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. Held at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia or the District of Columbia Jail, many of these prisoners joined hunger strikes and were force-fed. She was a noted hunger striker and later a touring speaker on the "Prison Special".

Cases

Arrested: September 1917
Incarcerated: Sep 4, 1917
Sentence: Three days in January 1919.