Dr. Marie D. Equi, a Portland, Or. doctor, was born in 1872 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She came to Oregon in 1893 and graduated from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1903. She became involved in the Progressive movement, particularly the cause of suffrage. After becoming disillusioned with Progressivism she became involved with the IWW. In June 1918 Dr. Equi was arrested and tried for violating the war-time Espionage Act for a speech she gave at the local IWW hall in Portland. In November of that year a jury found her guilty and sentenced her to three years in prison. She ended up serving ten months in San Quentin prison. She died in Portland on July 12, 1952.