f{"id":18287,"date":"2021-04-08T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T17:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=18287"},"modified":"2021-04-08T10:55:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T17:55:35","slug":"bio-marie-equi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/04\/08\/bio-marie-equi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio:  Marie Equi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MarieEqui.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MarieEqui.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MarieEqui-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MarieEqui-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Marie Equi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marie Equi, born on this day in 1872, was a radical medical doctor, gay rights advocate, Wobbly, and Anarchist convicted of sedition for speaking out against American involvement in World War I.<br><br>Providing care for poor and working-class patients, she also regularly provided birth control information and abortions at a time when both were illegal. As a political activist, she was a vocal opponent of World War I and advocated civic and economic reforms, including the women&#8217;s right to vote and an eight-hour workday.<br><br>After witnessing first-hand the brutality of police repression of a cannery workers&#8217; strike, Equi aligned herself with anarchists and the radical labor movement. While participating in the strike, she was clubbed by a policeman after becoming enraged at watching a pregnant women be dragged away by police.<br><br>Equi was also a lesbian who maintained a primary relationship with Harriet Frances Speckart (1883 &#8211; 1927) for more than a decade. The two women adopted an infant and raised the child in an early U.S. example of a same-sex family. In 1918, Equi was convicted under the Sedition Act for speaking out against U.S. involvement in World War I. She was sentenced to a three-year term at San Quentin State Prison, but was released after ten months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Contributed by Gwyllm Llwydd)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marie Equi, born on this day in 1872, was a radical medical doctor, gay rights advocate, Wobbly, and Anarchist convicted of sedition for speaking out against American involvement in World War I. 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