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Jill Raymond

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This 15-page typed document is the witness testimony of Jill Raymond, who spoke at a hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practices and Procedures on August 24, 1978. Raymond provides a history of harassment and threats by the FBI for refusing to provide information about the whereabouts of fugitives Katherine Ann Power and Susan Saxe in 1975. She details her subsequent incarceration, without evidence, by a grand jury and the conditions in Kentucky prisons where she was held and abused. The testimony reveals how she was targeted by the FBI for her participation in socialist and feminist causes as a college student.

Publication Date

8-24-1978

Document Type

Speech

Keywords

FBI, grand juries, Katherine Ann Power, Susan Saxe, feminism, socialism, Kentucky

Language

English

Disciplines

Indigenous Studies | Native American Studies | Political History | Social History | United States History

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This item is made available as part of the Welcome Home Project for educational purposes only. It is not to be distributed for commercial use.

Identifier

Box 7, Folder 12

Testimony of Jill Raymond Before the Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practices and Procedures, August 24, 1978

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