Carrie Katherine "Kate" Richards O'Hare (March 26, 1876 – January 10, 1948) was an American Socialist Party activist, editor, and orator best known for her controversial imprisonment during World War I.∼Carrie was an American Socialist Party activist, editor, and orator best known for her controversial imprisonment during World War I. She was incarcerated on April 19, 1919 to serve a five-year sentence for an anti-war speech she had given in Bowman, North Dakota, some months earlier. The Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 made it illegal to interfere with the war effort or to use speech that would case the American government in a negative light. O' Hare was charged with violating the Espionage Act with her speeches. During her trail the judge Martin J. Wade, told her: "This is a nation of free speech; but this is a time for sacrifice, when mothers are sacrificing their sons. Is it too much to ask that for the time being men shall suppress any desire which they may have to utter words which may tend to weaken the spirit, or destroy the faith or confidence of the people?"
Her prison sentence was commuted by President Woodrow Wilson in May 1920. Later she was given a full pardon by President Calvin Coolidge.
Continuing the fight for change, O' Hare campaigned until her death in Benicia, California, in 1948. She was one the most well known female activists of her day. From her early years of Christian charity groups, to her later years attempting to reform the prison system, she spent her life fighting to right the wrongs she saw within her life, and within her country.
Her prison sentence was commuted by President Woodrow Wilson in May 1920. Later she was given a full pardon by President Calvin Coolidge.
Continuing the fight for change, O' Hare campaigned until her death in Benicia, California, in 1948. She was one the most well known female activists of her day. From her early years of Christian charity groups, to her later years attempting to reform the prison system, she spent her life fighting to right the wrongs she saw within her life, and within her country.
Carrie Katherine "Kate" Richards O'Hare (March 26, 1876 – January 10, 1948) was an American Socialist Party activist, editor, and orator best known for her controversial imprisonment during World War I.∼Carrie was an American Socialist Party activist, editor, and orator best known for her controversial imprisonment during World War I. She was incarcerated on April 19, 1919 to serve a five-year sentence for an anti-war speech she had given in Bowman, North Dakota, some months earlier. The Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 made it illegal to interfere with the war effort or to use speech that would case the American government in a negative light. O' Hare was charged with violating the Espionage Act with her speeches. During her trail the judge Martin J. Wade, told her: "This is a nation of free speech; but this is a time for sacrifice, when mothers are sacrificing their sons. Is it too much to ask that for the time being men shall suppress any desire which they may have to utter words which may tend to weaken the spirit, or destroy the faith or confidence of the people?"
Her prison sentence was commuted by President Woodrow Wilson in May 1920. Later she was given a full pardon by President Calvin Coolidge.
Continuing the fight for change, O' Hare campaigned until her death in Benicia, California, in 1948. She was one the most well known female activists of her day. From her early years of Christian charity groups, to her later years attempting to reform the prison system, she spent her life fighting to right the wrongs she saw within her life, and within her country.
Her prison sentence was commuted by President Woodrow Wilson in May 1920. Later she was given a full pardon by President Calvin Coolidge.
Continuing the fight for change, O' Hare campaigned until her death in Benicia, California, in 1948. She was one the most well known female activists of her day. From her early years of Christian charity groups, to her later years attempting to reform the prison system, she spent her life fighting to right the wrongs she saw within her life, and within her country.
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