5,000 Women in City Hall Registry Riot
6/16/1917
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Original Caption states: "5,000 women in City Hall, New York, Registry Riot. Policemen clearing City Hall Park after five thousand women from the East Side and Harlem had gathered to petition the Mayor against the draft. When they learned the Mayor was not in his office they refused to leave. A number of policemen were slightly injured in the riot that followed."
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier: 31480094
Full Citation: 165-WW-165A-26; 5,000 Women in City Hall Registry Riot; 6/16/1917; Recruiting and Draft Service - Slacker Raids; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917–1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/5000-women-city-hall-registry-riot, May 2, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.