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Martha Reed Shoemaker

Released
Full name:Martha Shoemaker
Date of birth:21. 12. 1886
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
Support
Women's suffrage
Martha Reed Shoemaker

Biography

Martha Reed Shoemaker 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: February 9, 1919: five days.

Case

Incarcerated: Feb 10, 1919
Released: Feb 13, 1919
Sentence: February 9, 1919: five days.