Nellie Main Barnes

AKA: Mrs. Charles W. Barnes
Released
Date of birth:05. 08. 1860
Date of death:20. 08. 1950
Age:90† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Women's suffrage
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Biography

Nellie Main Barnes 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. (August 5, 1860 - August 20, 1950)

She was arrested on November 10, 1917 while picketing and sentenced to fifteen days. Doris Stevens does not conclusively identify her facility as Occoquan, and the surviving record does not establish her entry and discharge dates or whether she completed the full fifteen days, so no custody dates are entered.

This record was previously filed under her husband’s name, as Mrs. Charles W. Barnes.

Case

Arrested: Nov 10, 1917
Sentence: Fifteen days, imposed after arrest while picketing on November 10, 1917. The facility is not conclusively identified in Stevens; it is not established as Occoquan. Entry and discharge dates are unresolved and it is not known whether she served the full term, so no custody span is recorded.

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