Marie Equi
American doctor
Died when: 80 years 97 days (963 months)Star Sign: Aries
Marie Equi (April 7, 1872 – July 13, 1952) was an early American medical doctor in the American West devoted to providing care to working-class and poor patients.
She regularly provided birth control information and abortions at a time when both were illegal.She became a political activist and advocated civic and economic reforms, including women's right to vote and an eight-hour workday.
After being clubbed by a policeman in a 1913 workers' strike, Equi aligned herself with anarchists and the radical labor movement.
Equi was a lesbian who maintained a primary relationship with Harriet Frances Speckart (1883 - May 15, 1927) for more than a decade.
The two women adopted an infant and raised the child in an early example, for the United States, of a same-sex alternative family.
For her radical politics and same-sex relations, Equi battled discrimination and harassment.In 1918, Equi was convicted under the Sedition Act for speaking against U.S. involvement in World War I.
She was sentenced to a three-year term at San Quentin State Prison.She was the only known lesbian and radical to be incarcerated at the prison.
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