Miss Minnie Hennessy, of Ct. Connecticut, sentenced to six months at Occoquan Workhouse for picketing with a suffrage banner at the gates of the White House.

Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Minnie Hennessy of Connecticut, standing outdoors with wrought-iron fence in background, wearing wide-brimmed hat, gloves, two-piece suit with long skirt, high-collared blouse, and tricolor (purple, white, gold) sash. Minnie Hennesey of Hartford, Conn., was a self-supporting business woman. She was arrested for picketing the White House Oct. 6, 1917, and her sentence was suspended. Rearrested Oct. 8, 1917, she was sentenced to 6 months in prison. Source: Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920), 361.

Date: 1913–1918
Photographer / author: Washington, D.C. (Photographer)
Collection: Harris & Ewing
Archive: Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type: photograph
Original size: 2,315 × 3,161 pixels

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Reason: Harris & Ewing collection, given to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions.

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"Miss Minnie Hennessy, of Ct. Connecticut, sentenced to six months at Occoquan Workhouse for picketing with a suffrage banner at the gates of the White House." (1913–1918). Washington, D.C. (Photographer). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miss_Minnie_Hennessy_152004v.jpg

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Miss Minnie Hennessy, of Ct. Connecticut, sentenced to six months at Occoquan Workhouse for picketing with a suffrage banner at the gates of the White House.

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