Occoquan Workhouse
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Jailed For Freedom: Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse
Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Adult, Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Women's History
| Tagged with 19th Amendment, Alice Paul, Angela Dodson, Doris Stevens, Forced Feeding, Jailed For Freedom, Kate Heffelfinger, law, Law Library, Lucy Burns, Maud Powell Jamison, Meldon Jenkins-Jones, National Women's Party, Night of Terror, Occoquan Workhouse, Oliver W. Hill Book Club, Pauline Adams, Silent Sentinels, Turning Point Suffrage Memorial, Women's Suffrage, Women's Suffrage Banners, Women's Suffrage Prison Special, Woodrow Wilson
Lorton, Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse,built in 1910 and originally used to hold prisoners completing short sentences for offenses like disorderly conduct, played a key role in women’s suffrage history. National Woman’s […]
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New Richmond Public Law Library Book Club
Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker
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Events, Law Library
| Tagged with Angela P. Dodson, Doris Stevens, Jailed For Freedom, law, Lucy Burns Museum, Occoquan Workhouse, Oliver W. Hill, Oliver W. Hill Book Club, Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box, Richmond Public Library, Spottswood Robinson, Virginia history
The Richmond Public Law Library is launching the bi-monthly Oliver W. Hill Book Club on Monday, March 8th online. The club is named in honor of Oliver W. Hill (1907–2007), […]
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