Charlotte Anita Whitney

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Charlotte Anita Whitney was an American political activist and early 20th-century socialist whose prosecution under California’s criminal syndicalism laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Whitney v. California.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
human
political activist
socialist
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1867-07-07
dateOfDeath 1955-02-04
decisionDate 1927-05-16
defendant Charlotte Anita Whitney
educatedAt Wellesley College
familyName Whitney
fullName Charlotte Anita Whitney
givenName Anita
Charlotte
honor posthumous pardon by Governor of California
jurisdiction United States
knownFor Whitney v. California
political activism
socialist organizing in California
legalIssue criminal syndicalism laws
memberOf California Civic League
Communist Labor Party of America
Communist Party USA
National Woman's Party
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
movement labor movement
socialism
women's suffrage movement
nationality American
notableWork Whitney v. California (as defendant)
occupation lecturer
political activist
social worker
pardonDate 1980-03-18
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States
placeOfDeath San Francisco, California, United States
politicalIdeology communism
socialism
politicalParty Communist Labor Party of America
Communist Party USA
relative Eli Whitney (distant relation)
linked to: Eli Whitney

Josiah Dwight Whitney
linked to: Josiah Whitney

William Dwight Whitney
residence Oakland, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
sexOrGender female
subject freedom of speech
subjectOf Whitney v. California

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Whitney v. California party Charlotte Anita Whitney
Whitney v. California defendant Charlotte Anita Whitney
George Creel spouse Charlotte Anita Whitney
Charlotte Anita Whitney fullName Charlotte Anita Whitney
Whitney v. California defendant Charlotte Anita Whitney
subject linked to: Charlotte Anita Whitney