- Brownie Mary
Mary Jane Rathbun (
22 December ,1923 ,Minneapolis, Minnesota -10 April ,1999 ,Forest Hill, San Francisco, California ), popularly known as Brownie Mary, was an Americanhospital volunteer who became internationally known as amedical cannabis activist. Brownie Mary was famous for baking and distributing "Alice B. Toklas brownie s" and volunteering in theAIDS ward ofSan Francisco General Hospital . [cite news
first = Andrew
last = Gumbel
title = Brownie Mary
url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990415/ai_n14222279
work = Obituary| publisher = "The Independent "
date = 1999-04-15
accessdate = 2007-06-28] She was active in efforts to legalize cannabis use for people with AIDS,cancer ,glaucoma , and other diseases, helpedDennis Peron establish the San FranciscoCannabis Buyers Club , and worked on Proposition P and California Proposition 215.In 1986, SFGH's Ward 86 honored Brownie Mary with a "Volunteer of The Year" award. In 1992, the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors declared August 25 "Brownie Mary Day".cite news
first = Carey
last = Goldberg
title = 'Brownie Mary' Fights to Legalize Marijuana
publisher = "The New York Times "
date = 1996-07-06
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E0DA1039F935A35754C0A960958260] She was named a "Living Saint" in 1994 at the San Francisco Saints Alive Benefit. In 1997 theSisters of Perpetual Indulgence dubbed her "Saint Brownie Fucking Mary" at Mary's request as she was a lifelongatheist . Mary was also included in the Sisters'Nuns of the Above AIDS Memorial Quilt for her work with and advocating forpeople with AIDS .Brownie Mary died of a heart attack at a Laguna Honda nursing home for the poor at age 77.
References
Bibliography
* (1996). "Brownie Mary's Marijuana Cookbook, Dennis Peron's Recipe for Social Change ". Trail of Smoke Publishing Co. ISBN 0-9639892-0-0
Further reading
* Potter, Beverly. (1998) "The Healing Magic of Cannabis". Ronin Publishing. ISBN 1579510019
* Russo, Ethan. (2001). "Cannabis Therapeutics in HIV/Aids". Haworth Press. ISBN 0789016990.
* Saxon, Wolfgang. (1999). "Mary Jane Rathbun, 77, Baker Known for Marijuana Brownies". "The New York Times ". Obituary. April 14.
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