Marilyn Fowler: only woman arrested at Stonewall

HistoryMarilyn Fowler: only woman arrested at Stonewall

Posted June 24, 2023 by Mikkal in Women

The original story is that a lesbian, being arrested, was being pushed into a police car. She calls out "Why don't you guys do something?" and... patrons of the bar start fighting back.

Outhistory.org has copies of the police files from the event, obtained through two Freedom of Information Act requests.

And the only woman arrested was someone named "Marilyn Fowler".

Evidently - she was a complete spit-fire, and had quite a reputation for being a trouble maker.

https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/stonewall-riot-police-reports/contents/fowler

But... I'd never heard her name. So I thought I'd share: people want to know who she is, and was she the lesbian who started Stonewall?

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Posted June 24, 2023 by Mikkal

Edited June 24, 2023

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