Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia

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Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia was a notorious early-20th-century prison and labor camp where suffragists like Alice Paul were harshly incarcerated for their activism.

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instanceOf labor camp ⓘ
prison ⓘ
prisoner abuse incident ⓘ
workhouse ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Occoquan Work House ⓘ
Occoquan Workhouse Prison ⓘ
Occoquan Workhouse and Reformatory ⓘ
appliesTo imprisoned suffragists ⓘ
associatedWithMovement American women’s suffrage movement ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization National Woman's Party ⓘ
conditionsDescribedAs brutal ⓘ
overcrowded ⓘ
unsanitary ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentName Workhouse Arts Center ⓘ
currentUse arts center ⓘ
museum space ⓘ
documentedIn congressional hearings on treatment of suffragists ⓘ
memoirs and accounts of imprisoned suffragists ⓘ
hasCommemoration historical markers about suffragists ⓘ
heritageStatus historic site ⓘ
historicalRole galvanized public support for woman suffrage ⓘ
inmatesIncluded Alice Paul ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ
National Woman's Party members ⓘ
Silent Sentinels ⓘ
laterUse part of Lorton Correctional Complex ⓘ
locatedAt 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, Virginia (approximate modern address) ⓘ
locatedIn Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia

Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
locatedNear Occoquan, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Occoquan
location Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
notableEvent Night of Terror ⓘ
notableFor harsh treatment of prisoners ⓘ
imprisonment of suffragists ⓘ
role in American woman suffrage movement ⓘ
operatedBy District of Columbia penal system ⓘ
operatedFor District of Columbia ⓘ
ownedBy District of Columbia government ⓘ
partOf Lorton prison complex ⓘ
linked to: Lorton Reformatory
punishmentsIncluded force-feeding of hunger strikers ⓘ
physical abuse ⓘ
solitary confinement ⓘ
startDate early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
topicOf books on U.S. woman suffrage ⓘ
documentaries on the Night of Terror ⓘ
usedFor confinement of political prisoners ⓘ
incarceration of women prisoners ⓘ
penal labor ⓘ

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Alice Paul → imprisonedAt → Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia ⓘ
Lorton Reformatory → hasPart → Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
Occoquan Workhouse → alsoKnownAs → Occoquan Workhouse and Reformatory ⓘ
subject linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
Occoquan Workhouse → alsoKnownAs → Occoquan Work House ⓘ
subject linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
Occoquan Workhouse → alsoKnownAs → Occoquan Workhouse Prison ⓘ
subject linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
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Night of Terror → location → Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
subject linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
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Silent Sentinels → imprisonmentLocation → Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
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Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse → location → Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia