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.

Josephine Bennett in Washington, D.C. in January 1919