Annie Arniel was a suffragist and women's rights advocate. Born in Harrington

Harrington

-People as a forename:*Arthur Edward Harington Raikes, British army officer*Audrey Harington, aka Ethelreda, alleged illegitimate child of Henry VIII of England and the royal laundress*Charles Harrington Elster, American writer...

, Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

, United States

United States

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, as Anna L. Melvin, she married George Arniel of Canada and was widowed in 1910. Annie played a key role in helping to win the women's vote in the United States. A factory worker, living in downtown Wilmington

Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

, Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

, she was recruited by Mabel Vernon and Alice Paul

Alice Paul

Alice Stokes Paul was an American suffragist and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.-Activism: Alice Paul received her undergraduate education from...

 for membership in the National Woman's Party

National Woman's Party

The National Woman's Party , was a women's organization founded by Alice Paul in 1915 that fought for women's rights during the early 20th century in the United States, particularly for the right to vote on the same terms as men...

 (NWP). As a member of the Silent Sentinels

Silent Sentinels

The Silent Sentinels were a group of women in favor of women's suffrage organized by Alice Paul to protest in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The protests started January 10, 1917 and lasted until June 1919 when the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution...

, she was among the first six suffragists arrested and jailed on June 27, 1917 at the White House

White House

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. She served a total of eight jail terms for suffrage protesting, including: 3 days June, 1917; 60 days in the Occoquan prison in Virginia

Virginia

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, August-September, 1917 for picketing; 15 days for Lafayette Square meeting, and five sentences of 5 days each in January and February, 1919 for the watchfire demonstrations.