1914.07.22: Girl Hunger Strikers, One Now in Matteawan, Other Facing Insane Asylum Unless She Eats

July 22, 1914

Girl Hunger Strikers, One Now in Matteawan, Other Facing Insane Asylum Unless She Eats

Jane Est Already in the Asylum for the Criminal Insane Because She Refused to Eat or Drink While a Prisoner on Blackwell’s Island for Her Part in a Church Raid.

Reba Edelson, Who Is Now on a Hunger Strike, May Also Be Sent to that Institution Where They Have Drastic Methods of Forcing Self-Starving Patients to Partake of Proper Nourishment.