Adulthood:

After recovery, Marie returned to the U.S. and settled with her childhood friend, Bessie Holcomb, in Oregon. Marie married Bessie and they lived together on Bessie's property. During her lifetime, Marie was very stirred to justice and would take matters into her own hands when faced with a problem. For example, when a guy scammed Bessie, Marie "horse whipped" the man until he gave up. (The man happened to be a professional scammer and the town was very happy)  Bessie and Marie moved to San Francisco in 1897 for the purpose of Marie studying at first the Physician and Surgeons Medical College and then the University of California Medical Department. Marie wanted to be a doctor to help patients that had suffered like her.  In 1903 she finished her degree in Portland putting as one of 60 women doctors in Oregon. Sadly,  by then Bessie had gone her separate ways. With her medical degree, she earned a commendation and a medal for both the  U.S. army and governor of California. However she dedicated most of her time to womens' reproductive rights. Birth control and abortion was still banned in the U.S. but Marie knew how to get around the laws. Luckily, Marie fell in love again this time with a medical assistant named Harriet Speckart. The attraction went both ways and the couple moved in together. The relationship almost cost Harriet her inheritance but they still stuck together. Eventually, they adopted a girl named Mary after 10 years. Mary called Harriet "Ma" and Marie "Da" and eventually becoming the first woman to fly a plane by herself.  Throughout her life along with doctoring, Marie also fought for equal rights (particularly women's) and worker's rights. In 1916 Marie and birth control activist Margaret Sanger were taken to jail, she stabbed her officer with a pin claiming it to be poisons and him "dying a slow painful deaths." After that, Marie was imprisoned for protesting the war and after being released, she met another activist, Elizabeth Gurley Finn who was the lead of the Industrial Workers of the World. They took care of each other until Marie died in 1952.