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Grace Holmes Carlson (front row, far right) poses with 14 of the 18 activists convicted of trying to overthrow the government under the 1940 Smith Act. Carlson went to prison in 1943. While there, she supported young women jailed because they had taken up prostitution to help their families survive. (Minnesota Historical Society, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Grace Holmes Carlson (front row, far right) poses with 14 of the 18 activists convicted of trying to overthrow the government under the 1940 Smith Act. Carlson went to prison in 1943. (Minnesota Historical Society, CC BY-SA 3.0)