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Mary Jane Rathbun (22 December 1923, Minneapolis, Minnesota - 10 April 1999, Forest Hill, San Francisco, California), popularly known as Brownie Mary, was an American hospital volunteer who became internationally known as a medical cannabis activist. Brownie Mary was famous for baking and distributing "Alice B. Toklas brownies" and volunteering in the AIDS ward of San Francisco General Hospital.[1] She was active in efforts to legalize cannabis use for people with AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and other diseases,[2] helped Dennis Peron establish the San Francisco Cannabis 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".[2] She was named a "Living Saint" in 1994 at the San Francisco Saints Alive Benefit. In 1997 the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence dubbed her "Saint Brownie Fucking Mary" at Mary's request as she was a lifelong atheist. Mary was also included in the Sisters' Nuns of the Above AIDS Memorial Quilt for her work with and advocating for people with AIDS.
Brownie Mary died of a heart attack at a Laguna Honda nursing home for the poor at age 77.
References
- ^ Gumbel, Andrew (1999-04-15). "Brownie Mary", Obituary, The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ a b Goldberg, Carey (1996-07-06). "'Brownie Mary' Fights to Legalize Marijuana", The New York Times.
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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