Jailed for Freedom Pin presented to Lucille Angiel Calmes, 1919

'Jailed for Freedom' pin issued to Lucille Angiel Calmes

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'Jailed for Freedom' pin issued to Lucille Angiel Calmes
Amelia Himes Walker's 'Silent Sentinel' pin and 'Jailed for Freedom' pin given to Lucille Angiel Calmes

Object Details

Description

Luciille Angiel Calmes received this Jailed for Freedom pin, a small silver prison door with a heart-shaped lock, after she was arrested and sentenced to five days in a District of Columbia jail for participating in a watch fire demonstration on January 13, 1919.

The watch fires of freedom marked a return of woman suffrage pickets to the White House. They burned copies of President Woodrow Wilson's speeches in small cauldrons, calling attention to the hypocrisy of his touting democratic principles abroad while he refusing secure the Senate votes needed to pass the woman suffrage amendment.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution enfranchising women was ratified in August 1920.

Credit Line

Lucille Agniel Calmes

ID Number

PL.247867.01

accession number

247867

catalog number

247867.01

Object Name

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1 1/2 in x 1 in x 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 2.54 cm x .635 cm

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Political History: Political History, Women's History Collection

Government, Politics, and Reform

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Woman Suffrage

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Women's Suffrage

used

Women's Rights

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-d17d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_767254