Patricia Theresa "Pat" Maginnis (June 9, 1928 – August 30, 2021) was considered the first abortion rights activist in American history.
[1][2][3][4] She was one part of the "Army of Three", the grass-roots collective that would eventually become NARAL Pro-Choice America and that founded the Society for Humane Abortion.
In 1962, Maginnis founded the Citizens Committee for Humane Abortion Laws (CCHAL), while she attended San Jose State University.
Rowena Gurner, Patricia Maginnis, and Lana Phelan formed the "Army of Three", which worked on behalf of ARAL to connect women to abortion providers.
[17] Bowers collected the letters after visiting Maginnis in her Oakland home and discovering the activist's personal archive.
The subject of her early work was mostly limited to issues related to reproductive rights and abortion, but her oeuvre was as diverse as her activism.
More recent cartoons demonstrated Maginnis' support for the Occupy Movement, and others took aim at the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates.