Theresa Rhode

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1920s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
10 Days
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Biography

Theresa Rhode was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. The authorities imprisoned this union activist in 1926 for defying the anti-picketing injunction during the 1924 strike.

The June 30 report describes the flowers and cheers greeting Rhode after her completed ten-day service and Sunday June 27 release. It identifies Cook County Jail and the Sullivan injunction prosecution, adding welcome details within the existing case. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1926/1926-ny/v03-n144-NY-jun-30-1926-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1

Case

Cook County Jail
Charges: Contempt of court; violating the anti-picketing injunction
Incarcerated: June 1926
Released: Jun 27, 1926
Sentence: Served ten days in Cook County Jail; the June 30, 1926 report describes her release and the union reception.
Judge: Denis E. Sullivan
Institution State: Illinois

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