Masters Mondays: Cindy Bennett, Burke Historical Society “The Night of Terror, Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse”
Masters Mondays: Cindy Bennett, Burke Historical Society “The Night of Terror, Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse”
Ms. Cindy Bennett follows the story and fate of 33 suffragists imprisoned at the Occoquan (Lorton) Workhouse in November 1917. The tenacity of these fearless women led to the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. A native of Ohio, Cindy earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University...