Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse

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The Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse was a brutal 1917 crackdown in which imprisoned American suffragists were beaten, abused, and tortured for their activism, galvanizing public support for women's voting rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political repression incident ⓘ
women's suffrage protest crackdown ⓘ
associatedOrganization National Woman's Party ⓘ
associatedWith Alice Paul ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ
characterizedBy beatings of prisoners ⓘ
denial of contact with families ⓘ
denial of legal counsel ⓘ
force-feeding of hunger strikers ⓘ
physical abuse ⓘ
psychological abuse ⓘ
solitary confinement ⓘ
torture ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasCause arrest of Silent Sentinels for obstructing traffic ⓘ
picketing the White House for women's suffrage ⓘ
hasDate 1917-11-14 ⓘ
hasEffect galvanized public support for women's suffrage ⓘ
increased sympathy for imprisoned suffragists ⓘ
political pressure on Woodrow Wilson administration ⓘ
strengthened campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ
hasEndDate 1917-11-15 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1917-11-14 ⓘ
legalOutcome court rulings questioning legality of arrests ⓘ
eventual release of suffragist prisoners ⓘ
location Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
Lorton, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Lorton

Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
motive to intimidate women's suffrage protesters ⓘ
to punish suffrage activism ⓘ
notablePrisoner Alice Cosu ⓘ
Dora Lewis ⓘ
Dorothy Day ⓘ
Julia Emory ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ
Rose Winslow ⓘ
partOf American women's suffrage movement ⓘ
Silent Sentinels campaign ⓘ
perpetratedBy guards at Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
superintendent W. H. Whittaker ⓘ
relatedTo Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Silent Sentinels ⓘ
White House pickets for suffrage ⓘ
rememberedFor brutal treatment of suffragists ⓘ
role in advancing women's voting rights in the United States ⓘ
victim Silent Sentinels ⓘ
imprisoned suffragists ⓘ
members of the National Woman's Party ⓘ

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Silent Sentinels White House picketing → notableEvent → Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ