The literature about Ms. Maginnis is too abundant to transcribe. Please copy and paste the links below to view a sample of the stories about this remarkable woman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/patricia-maginnis-dead.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Maginnis
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/pat-maginnis-abortion-rights-pro-choice-activist.html
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To Pat's friends, followers and fans: Our dear friend and feminist icon Pat Maginnis has passed away at age 93.
Pat made history as the world's first abortion rights activist, forming the Army of Three in the early 1960s with fellow sheroes Rowena Gurner and Lana Phelan Kahn.
They used a wide range of methods — holding symposia for medical professionals, making and handing out thousands of leaflets and Pat's provocative cartoons, publishing The Abortion Handbook and other historic books and pamphlets, teaching self-abortion classes and providing self-abortion kits across the country, and creating an underground railroad of safe clinics in Mexico and other countries used by thousands of women.
In their radical sub-group ARAL (Association to Repeal Abortion Laws, the origin of today's NARAL), the trio also deliberately performed illegal actions to provoke their arrests, which forced the successful courtroom battles that challenged and then struck down many abortion laws.
With this strategic multifaceted blitz approach, these three women were the primary and most effective pioneers of the abortion rights movement that culminated in the 1972 passage of Roe v Wade.
The most dedicated activist I've ever known, Pat was also the most joyful — a rare and vital combination. All of her friends and compatriots treasure the time we spent with her, inspired by her laser-like focus, prodigious energy, and astonishing courage, and enjoying her tremendous wit, warmth, and creativity. When not out on the streets smashing the patriarchy, she enjoyed drawing trenchant political cartoons and writing accompanying limericks. She was also a dedicated environmental and animal rights activist.
As Pat's longtime friend and creator/administrator of this site and the Pat Maginnis and the Army of Three Facebook page, I join the historic Women's Health Specialists clinics, North State Women's Health Network, and the other members of the abortion rights movement and the larger feminist community in mourning Pat's passage and celebrating the life of our mentor and shero.
Pat's lifelong battle for women's reproductive justice and her fierce commitment to making the world a better place through reproductive justice will serve as our call to arms. Today, when our hard-won reproductive rights are in greater danger than ever before, Pat's legacy will inspire us to work harder than ever to revitalize the movement.
Love and thanks, dear Pat. You made life safer and freer for millions of women — then, now, and in the future — and we will honor your memory by continuing your historic mission.
By LA O'Connell
Accessed online 03 September 2021
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Pat Maginnis grew up with six siblings in Okarche, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression. Her father, a veterinarian, barely scraped by. Her family's troubles were compounded by Catholic strictures: Her mother had converted in order to marry her father and—because birth control was not an option—consequently continued having children long after the doctors advised against it. "She had constant 'female trouble,' " Maginnis says, recalling her mother's unhappiness and pain. "I don't know what that meant, but she had constant problems." Her father, the illegitimate son of an opera singer, was differently scarred by the vagaries of unplanned pregnancy. "My grandma was on her way to be a star," Maginnis says, "but she got pregnant. And apparently pregnancy was just a killer of dreams." Her father never got over the humiliating circumstances of his birth. "He was a good soul, but forever tortured because he had been conceived out of wedlock."
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/patricia-maginnis-dead.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Maginnis
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/pat-maginnis-abortion-rights-pro-choice-activist.html
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To Pat's friends, followers and fans: Our dear friend and feminist icon Pat Maginnis has passed away at age 93.
Pat made history as the world's first abortion rights activist, forming the Army of Three in the early 1960s with fellow sheroes Rowena Gurner and Lana Phelan Kahn.
They used a wide range of methods — holding symposia for medical professionals, making and handing out thousands of leaflets and Pat's provocative cartoons, publishing The Abortion Handbook and other historic books and pamphlets, teaching self-abortion classes and providing self-abortion kits across the country, and creating an underground railroad of safe clinics in Mexico and other countries used by thousands of women.
In their radical sub-group ARAL (Association to Repeal Abortion Laws, the origin of today's NARAL), the trio also deliberately performed illegal actions to provoke their arrests, which forced the successful courtroom battles that challenged and then struck down many abortion laws.
With this strategic multifaceted blitz approach, these three women were the primary and most effective pioneers of the abortion rights movement that culminated in the 1972 passage of Roe v Wade.
The most dedicated activist I've ever known, Pat was also the most joyful — a rare and vital combination. All of her friends and compatriots treasure the time we spent with her, inspired by her laser-like focus, prodigious energy, and astonishing courage, and enjoying her tremendous wit, warmth, and creativity. When not out on the streets smashing the patriarchy, she enjoyed drawing trenchant political cartoons and writing accompanying limericks. She was also a dedicated environmental and animal rights activist.
As Pat's longtime friend and creator/administrator of this site and the Pat Maginnis and the Army of Three Facebook page, I join the historic Women's Health Specialists clinics, North State Women's Health Network, and the other members of the abortion rights movement and the larger feminist community in mourning Pat's passage and celebrating the life of our mentor and shero.
Pat's lifelong battle for women's reproductive justice and her fierce commitment to making the world a better place through reproductive justice will serve as our call to arms. Today, when our hard-won reproductive rights are in greater danger than ever before, Pat's legacy will inspire us to work harder than ever to revitalize the movement.
Love and thanks, dear Pat. You made life safer and freer for millions of women — then, now, and in the future — and we will honor your memory by continuing your historic mission.
By LA O'Connell
Accessed online 03 September 2021
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Pat Maginnis grew up with six siblings in Okarche, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression. Her father, a veterinarian, barely scraped by. Her family's troubles were compounded by Catholic strictures: Her mother had converted in order to marry her father and—because birth control was not an option—consequently continued having children long after the doctors advised against it. "She had constant 'female trouble,' " Maginnis says, recalling her mother's unhappiness and pain. "I don't know what that meant, but she had constant problems." Her father, the illegitimate son of an opera singer, was differently scarred by the vagaries of unplanned pregnancy. "My grandma was on her way to be a star," Maginnis says, "but she got pregnant. And apparently pregnancy was just a killer of dreams." Her father never got over the humiliating circumstances of his birth. "He was a good soul, but forever tortured because he had been conceived out of wedlock."
The literature about Ms. Maginnis is too abundant to transcribe. Please copy and paste the links below to view a sample of the stories about this remarkable woman.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/patricia-maginnis-dead.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Maginnis
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/pat-maginnis-abortion-rights-pro-choice-activist.html
***********************************************
To Pat's friends, followers and fans: Our dear friend and feminist icon Pat Maginnis has passed away at age 93.
Pat made history as the world's first abortion rights activist, forming the Army of Three in the early 1960s with fellow sheroes Rowena Gurner and Lana Phelan Kahn.
They used a wide range of methods — holding symposia for medical professionals, making and handing out thousands of leaflets and Pat's provocative cartoons, publishing The Abortion Handbook and other historic books and pamphlets, teaching self-abortion classes and providing self-abortion kits across the country, and creating an underground railroad of safe clinics in Mexico and other countries used by thousands of women.
In their radical sub-group ARAL (Association to Repeal Abortion Laws, the origin of today's NARAL), the trio also deliberately performed illegal actions to provoke their arrests, which forced the successful courtroom battles that challenged and then struck down many abortion laws.
With this strategic multifaceted blitz approach, these three women were the primary and most effective pioneers of the abortion rights movement that culminated in the 1972 passage of Roe v Wade.
The most dedicated activist I've ever known, Pat was also the most joyful — a rare and vital combination. All of her friends and compatriots treasure the time we spent with her, inspired by her laser-like focus, prodigious energy, and astonishing courage, and enjoying her tremendous wit, warmth, and creativity. When not out on the streets smashing the patriarchy, she enjoyed drawing trenchant political cartoons and writing accompanying limericks. She was also a dedicated environmental and animal rights activist.
As Pat's longtime friend and creator/administrator of this site and the Pat Maginnis and the Army of Three Facebook page, I join the historic Women's Health Specialists clinics, North State Women's Health Network, and the other members of the abortion rights movement and the larger feminist community in mourning Pat's passage and celebrating the life of our mentor and shero.
Pat's lifelong battle for women's reproductive justice and her fierce commitment to making the world a better place through reproductive justice will serve as our call to arms. Today, when our hard-won reproductive rights are in greater danger than ever before, Pat's legacy will inspire us to work harder than ever to revitalize the movement.
Love and thanks, dear Pat. You made life safer and freer for millions of women — then, now, and in the future — and we will honor your memory by continuing your historic mission.
By LA O'Connell
Accessed online 03 September 2021
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Pat Maginnis grew up with six siblings in Okarche, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression. Her father, a veterinarian, barely scraped by. Her family's troubles were compounded by Catholic strictures: Her mother had converted in order to marry her father and—because birth control was not an option—consequently continued having children long after the doctors advised against it. "She had constant 'female trouble,' " Maginnis says, recalling her mother's unhappiness and pain. "I don't know what that meant, but she had constant problems." Her father, the illegitimate son of an opera singer, was differently scarred by the vagaries of unplanned pregnancy. "My grandma was on her way to be a star," Maginnis says, "but she got pregnant. And apparently pregnancy was just a killer of dreams." Her father never got over the humiliating circumstances of his birth. "He was a good soul, but forever tortured because he had been conceived out of wedlock."
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/patricia-maginnis-dead.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Maginnis
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/pat-maginnis-abortion-rights-pro-choice-activist.html
***********************************************
To Pat's friends, followers and fans: Our dear friend and feminist icon Pat Maginnis has passed away at age 93.
Pat made history as the world's first abortion rights activist, forming the Army of Three in the early 1960s with fellow sheroes Rowena Gurner and Lana Phelan Kahn.
They used a wide range of methods — holding symposia for medical professionals, making and handing out thousands of leaflets and Pat's provocative cartoons, publishing The Abortion Handbook and other historic books and pamphlets, teaching self-abortion classes and providing self-abortion kits across the country, and creating an underground railroad of safe clinics in Mexico and other countries used by thousands of women.
In their radical sub-group ARAL (Association to Repeal Abortion Laws, the origin of today's NARAL), the trio also deliberately performed illegal actions to provoke their arrests, which forced the successful courtroom battles that challenged and then struck down many abortion laws.
With this strategic multifaceted blitz approach, these three women were the primary and most effective pioneers of the abortion rights movement that culminated in the 1972 passage of Roe v Wade.
The most dedicated activist I've ever known, Pat was also the most joyful — a rare and vital combination. All of her friends and compatriots treasure the time we spent with her, inspired by her laser-like focus, prodigious energy, and astonishing courage, and enjoying her tremendous wit, warmth, and creativity. When not out on the streets smashing the patriarchy, she enjoyed drawing trenchant political cartoons and writing accompanying limericks. She was also a dedicated environmental and animal rights activist.
As Pat's longtime friend and creator/administrator of this site and the Pat Maginnis and the Army of Three Facebook page, I join the historic Women's Health Specialists clinics, North State Women's Health Network, and the other members of the abortion rights movement and the larger feminist community in mourning Pat's passage and celebrating the life of our mentor and shero.
Pat's lifelong battle for women's reproductive justice and her fierce commitment to making the world a better place through reproductive justice will serve as our call to arms. Today, when our hard-won reproductive rights are in greater danger than ever before, Pat's legacy will inspire us to work harder than ever to revitalize the movement.
Love and thanks, dear Pat. You made life safer and freer for millions of women — then, now, and in the future — and we will honor your memory by continuing your historic mission.
By LA O'Connell
Accessed online 03 September 2021
*************************************
Pat Maginnis grew up with six siblings in Okarche, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression. Her father, a veterinarian, barely scraped by. Her family's troubles were compounded by Catholic strictures: Her mother had converted in order to marry her father and—because birth control was not an option—consequently continued having children long after the doctors advised against it. "She had constant 'female trouble,' " Maginnis says, recalling her mother's unhappiness and pain. "I don't know what that meant, but she had constant problems." Her father, the illegitimate son of an opera singer, was differently scarred by the vagaries of unplanned pregnancy. "My grandma was on her way to be a star," Maginnis says, "but she got pregnant. And apparently pregnancy was just a killer of dreams." Her father never got over the humiliating circumstances of his birth. "He was a good soul, but forever tortured because he had been conceived out of wedlock."
