Josephine Bennett

[1] She married M. Toscan Bennett, who was a corporate lawyer, suffragist, and a supporter of organized labor.

[1] Along with her mother and Katherine Houghton Hepburn, Bennett organized women in Hartford to oppose prostitution.

[3] She chose to join the more militant group of suffragists because she favored more aggressive tactics for advocating for women's suffrage.

"[7] Bennett was also angry that President Woodrow Wilson had backed down on his promise to support a federal women's suffrage amendment and in early 1919, burned a copy of his speech.

[8] She was arrested for her act of civil disobedience and spent five days in jail, during which she participated in a hunger strike.

[10] Around this time, Bennett and her husband founded the Brookwood Labor College in Katonah, New York, where students could learn about sociology, history, and other subjects.