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531 SW Washington, room 34, 35, portland, or
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=0003C3B4-2974-1E8A-891B80B0527200A7
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Dr. Marie Equi was an IWW activist, open lesbian, and one of the first women to graduate with a degree in Medicine from the University of Oregon. She was also a strong supporter of the Oregon Packing Company strike of 1913 and the IWW free speech fight. She was an articulate and effective voice for women’s rights, the working class, and minorities. She was also a fierce opponent of the Government’s effort to build support for U.S. involvement in World War I. At one rally she unfurled a banner which read “Prepare To Die, Workingmen, J.P. Morgan & Co. Want Preparedness For Profit.” She was tried for sedition (an act or threat of act against the U.S. government during wartime). In December 1918, despite a strong defense by C.E.S. Wood, she was found guilty and sentenced to San Quentin for a three year term; she ended up serving half that time. She was an active supporter, including financially, of the 1934 longshore strike. From 1928 to 1936, she lived with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a national IWW organizer, at her home at 1423 S.W. Hall. Equi was described as a "holy terror" even in her old age. She died on July 13, 1952 at Portland's Fairlawn Hospital.
Dr. Marie Equi was an IWW activist, open lesbian, and one of the first women to graduate with a degree in Medicine from the University of Oregon. She was also a strong supporter of the Oregon Packing Company strike of 1913 and the IWW free speech fight. She was an articulate and effective voice for women’s rights, the working class, and minorities. She was also a fierce opponent of the Government’s effort to build support for U.S. involvement in World War I. At one rally she unfurled a banner which read “Prepare To Die, Workingmen, J.P. Morgan & Co. Want Preparedness For Profit.” She was tried for sedition (an act or threat of act against the U.S. government during wartime). In December 1918, despite a strong defense by C.E.S. Wood, she was found guilty and sentenced to San Quentin for a three year term; she ended up serving half that time. She was an active supporter, including financially, of the 1934 longshore strike. From 1928 to 1936, she lived with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a national IWW organizer, at her home at 1423 S.W. Hall. Equi was described as a "holy terror" even in her old age. She died on July 13, 1952 at Portland's Fairlawn Hospital.
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