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Ruth Barnett was known around Portland as the “Abortionist.” At the turn of the century, when Ruth became pregnant, a prostitute told her about a doctor that performed abortions. Shortly after her abortion, and in need of work, Ruth met a female doctor, Dr. Alys Griff, who also did abortions. She pleaded to apprentice under her and ended up learning from and working with Dr. Griff for 11 years. She later worked in an office next to Marie Equi -- an IWW activist, women's rights activist, open lesbian, and one of the first women to graduate with a degree in medicine from the University of Oregon -- in the Lafeyette Building (at 531 S.W. Washington St.).
Ruth Barnett was known around Portland as the “Abortionist.” At the turn of the century, when Ruth became pregnant, a prostitute told her about a doctor that performed abortions. Shortly after her abortion, and in need of work, Ruth met a female doctor, Dr. Alys Griff, who also did abortions. She pleaded to apprentice under her and ended up learning from and working with Dr. Griff for 11 years. She later worked in an office next to Marie Equi -- an IWW activist, women's rights activist, open lesbian, and one of the first women to graduate with a degree in medicine from the University of Oregon -- in the Lafeyette Building (at 531 S.W. Washington St.).
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