Wild West abortion doctor and “Queen of the Bolsheviks” Marie Equi was born on this day in 1872. She
Wild West abortion doctor and “Queen of the Bolsheviks” Marie Equi was born on this day in 1872. She is the only known lesbian to have been incarcerated in San Quentin for sedition. She had an affair with Margaret Sanger, mother of Planned Parenthood and pioneering figure of birth control. She threatened to stab cops with poisoned hatpins. She horse whipped a dude in the face once for disrespecting her girlfriend, and made the New York Times because of it.Wildly difficult and extremely strong-minded, she was a terror to the political establishment and, unfortunately, to many of her loved ones. There’s evidence that she engaged in abusive and unfaithful behavior with her partners several times throughout her life.I cover her story in my second book. -- source link