It's been a century since women arrested for picketing were brutalized at Occoquan Workhouse. Their crime? Poking and prodding the president for the right to vote. Their suffering and their story gave suffrage the momentum it needed.
Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times: Travel
Sun, 11/12/2017 - 6:00am
It's been a century since women arrested for picketing were brutalized at Occoquan Workhouse. Their crime? Poking and prodding the president for the right to vote. Their suffering and their story gave suffrage the momentum it needed.