Katharine A. Morey


Katharine A. Morey was an American Suffragist, Silent Sentinel, officer Massachusetts State Branch of the National Woman's Party, and a member of the NWP Advisory Council. Morey was imprisoned multiple times for her work on women's suffrage. The first, was after she, and a group of picketers were arrested at the white house. She served three days in June 1917. Once, after picketing Nov. 10, 1917 she was sentenced to 30 days at District Jail and Occoquan Workhouse. Later, In February 1919 she was again arrested, and sentenced to eight days in day at the Charles St. Jail., after protesting against President Woodrow Wilson in Boston. Morey was also known for speaking at the "Suffrage Special" speaking tour of 1916.
In 1917, Lucy Burns and Morey were attacked by a mob while picketing the White House.

Personal life

Morey's mother, Agnes H. Morey, was also a suffragist activist.