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MARIE EQUI

Marie D. Equi collection, 1872–1952, Mss 2988-13 (GLAPN)

Photocopies of papers relating to Marie D. Equi, an Oregon physician, feminist, social activist, and open lesbian who lived in The Dalles, Oregon, in the 1890s, and in Portland, Oregon, from 1901 until her death in 1952. The collection includes biographical material, correspondence (intercepted by the U.S. Department of Justice) written to and from Equi while in prison in California on an anti-war charge in 1921, other Department of Justice files, and anti-war trial legal documents.

Catalog Record http://librarycatalog.ohs.org/O90000/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=15188385

Article in The Oregonian - August 17, 2008

citations & references:

• Physician, lesbian, radical labor activist – the passions of Portland’s Dr. Marie Equi - OPB

• Oregon Experience | Marie Equi | Season 17 | Episode 1 | OPB

• Marie Equi: The Lesbian Anarchist Doctor You Never Heard Of - OPB

• New OPB documentary examines the life of Marie Equi, pioneering Oregon female physician and fierce human rights advocate - OPB

• New book by Michael Helquist “MARIE EQUI: Radical Passions & Outlaw Passions” published in 2024. “Birth control advocate Margaret Sanger in letter to lesbian radical activist Marie Equi: "Your picture is on my dresser always as I look into those blue, blue eyes, I remember our dinner, our ride, everything ... everything."

• Marie Equi: The Lesbian Anarchist Doctor You Never Heard Of - OPB

• A center in Portland, Oregon entitled The Marie Equi Center opened October 14, 2024.