Gag Law (Puerto Rico)
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Law 53 of 1948 better known as the Gag Law, was an act enacted by the Puerto Rico legislature of 1948, with the purpose of suppressing the independence movement in Puerto Rico. The act made it a crime
Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Nationalist Party, 1936
The arrest of (L to R) Nationalists Carmen María Pérez Gonzalez, Olga Viscal Garriga and Ruth Mary Reynolds
A wounded Vidal Santiago Díaz is carried out of his barbershop by the police
Ruth Mary Reynolds
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Ruth Mary Reynolds was an American educator, political and civil rights activist who embraced the ideals of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. She was incarcerated in La Princesa Prison for sedition
Plaque honoring the women of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party