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Played by Brooke Smith
MABEL VERNON (1883-1975)
Mabel Vernon was born in Wilmington, Delaware. A Quaker and strong supporter of women's rights, Vernon was a member of the American Woman Suffrage Association. A member of the militant wing of the organization, Vernon wanted to introduce the methods used by the Women's Social and Political Union in Britain. Eventually Vernon joined with Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Inez Milholland, Olympia Brown and Crystal Eastman to form the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage (CUWS). She helped to organize huge demonstrations and the daily picketing of the White House which resulted in her imprisonment and enduring hunger strikes. Vernon died September 2, 1975.
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