Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse

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historical event political repression incident women's suffrage protest crackdown

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

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