Born: 19 September 1883, United States
Died: 2 September 1975
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following bio was written by Emma Rosen, author of On This Day She Made History: 366 Days With Women Who Shaped the World and This Day In Human Ingenuity & Discovery: 366 Days of Scientific Milestones with Women in the Spotlight, and has been republished with permission.
Mabel Vernon was a notable American suffragist and pacifist who emerged as a prominent leader in the United States suffrage movement. She adhered to the Quaker faith and was an active member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Vernon drew inspiration from the strategies employed by the Women’s Social and Political Union in Britain. Within the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage (CUWS), she occupied a significant role alongside other prominent figures like Olympia Brown, Inez Milholland, Crystal Eastman, Lucy Burns, and Alice Paul. Together, they orchestrated the Silent Sentinels protests, characterized by daily picketing of Woodrow Wilson’s White House.
IW note: In 1915, Vernon and Sara Bard Field travelled by automobile on a transcontinental tour, gathering more than 500,000 signatures on petitions to Congress on behalf of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.