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Virginia Arnold

Released
Date of birth:12. 02. 1880
Gender:Female
Era:1910s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Days
Support
Women's suffrage
Virginia Arnold

Biography

Virginia Arnold was a North Carolina teacher, National Woman's Party organizer and one of the first six suffragists imprisoned in the White House campaign, serving three days in the District of Columbia Jail in June 1917. She was a frequent banner-bearer, including the 'Kaiser Wilson' banner of August 1917.

Doris Stevens's suffrage-prisoner appendix explicitly records Virginia Arnold as having served three days in June 1917 among the first pickets sentenced. This is an expressly reported served duration, rather than the two-day arithmetic difference between the existing calendar endpoints. The endpoints are preserved.

Suffrage Prisoners appendix, PDF pages 1.

Case

District of Columbia Jail
Charges: Obstructing traffic
Arrested: Jun 25, 1917
Sentenced: Jun 27, 1917
Incarcerated: Jun 27, 1917
Released: Jun 29, 1917
Sentence: Three days in the District of Columbia Jail.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: District of Columbia