Miss Janet Fotheringham, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was in the first group of suffrage pickets sent to Occoquan workhouse and who were later pardoned by President Wilson after serving 3 days of a 60 day term.

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Item Title

Miss Janet Fotheringham, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was in the first group of suffrage pickets sent to Occoquan workhouse and who were later pardoned by President Wilson after serving 3 days of a 60 day term.

Created/Published

[ca. 1913

Notes

Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Janet Fotheringham of Buffalo, New York, facing camera, wearing wide-collared, v-neck blouse or dress, with pin.
Summary: Title transcribed from image.
Janet Fotheringham of Buffalo, NY, was a teacher of physical culture. She was arrested picketing July 14, 1917, and sentenced to 60 days in the Occoquan Workhouse, but was pardoned by President Wilson after three days. Source: Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920), 359.

Subjects

United States--New York--Buffalo
Fotheringham, Janet
Suffragists--United States--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--New York (State)
Photographs

Object Type

still image

Medium

1 photograph: print; 3 x 4 in.

Call Number

Location: National Woman's Party Records, Group I, Container I:150, Folder: Fotheringham, Janet

Part of

Records of the National Woman's Party

Repository

Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital ID

mnwp 150018
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mnwp.150018