Rhoda Kellogg

AKA: Rhoda Kellogg Rypins
Released
Date of birth:23. 01. 1898
Date of death:21. 08. 1987
Age:89† Deceased
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Support
Women's suffrage
Rhoda Kellogg

Biography

Rhoda Kellogg 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. (January 23, 1898 - August 21, 1987; later Rhoda Kellogg Rypins)

She was jailed for twenty-four hours for contempt after applauding in court, probably on January 15, 1919, though the exact date remains slightly uncertain and is not entered. Arrested again on January 27, she was sentenced on January 28 to five days in the District Jail. Nominal completion was about February 2; no personal discharge record has been found.

Stevens distinguishes a twenty-four-hour contempt sentence from a separate five-day watchfire sentence. The five-day actual override on the contempt row conflates these punishments. This passage does not explicitly establish actual completion of the contempt term.

Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom, Appendix 4, PDF pages 10.

Cases

Sentence: Twenty-four hours for contempt after applauding suffrage prisoners in court, probably January 15, 1919. The date is not established with certainty, so it is not entered.
Arrested: Jan 27, 1919
Incarcerated: Jan 28, 1919
Sentence: Five days in the District Jail, imposed January 28, 1919 after arrest on January 27. No personal discharge record has been located, so the nominal completion date is not entered as a release.

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