Hopkins, Alison Low Turnbull, 1880-1951

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Alison Low Turnbull Hopkins (b. May 20, 1880, Morristown, NJ– d. March 18, 1951, Manhattan, NY) was a suffrage advocate. She sat on the executive board of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and was New Jersey state chair for the National Woman's Party. She was also a member of Heterodoxy, a women's debating club.

Hopkins was part of the "Silent Sentinels" who protested at the White House. In July 1917 she was arrested and sentenced to jail at Occoquan Workhouse but later pardoned by Pres. Wilson at the request of her husband. In 1923 she opened a dress shop in New York City, called Marjane Ltd.

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referencedIn Women's Project of New Jersey. Records, 1984-2004 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
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memberOf Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (U.S.) corporateBody
memberOf Heterodoxy (Club) corporateBody
spouseOf Hopkins, J. A. H. (John Appleton Haven), 1872-1960 person
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Manhattan NY US
Morristown NJ US
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Sufferage
Women's Rights Advocates
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Birth 1880-05-20

Death 1951-03-18

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