Marie Equi
Marie Equi
1872-1952
American physician and political radical who fought for peace, an eight-hour workday, women’s suffrage and their right to birth control.
Marie Equi (1872-1952) was a lesbian American physician and political activist devoted to providing care to working-class and poor patients, providing health care information to women, and fighting for civic and economic reforms, women’s right to vote and an eight-hour workday.