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- Birth nameDorothy L. Taliaferro
- Del Martin was born on May 5, 1921 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was married to Phyllis Lyon and James Martin. She died on August 27, 2008 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- SpousesPhyllis Lyon(June 16, 2008 - August 27, 2008) (her death)James Martin(1940 - 1944) (divorced, 1 child)
- Co-founder of the California Coalition Against Domestic Violence in 1977.
- Co-founder of the Coalition for Justice for Battered Women 1975.
- Co-founder with Phyllis Lyon and six other women of the Daughters of Bilitis in 1956, the first U.S. lesbian rights organization.
- She and her partner of more than 50 years, Phyllis Lyon, became the first same-sex couple to marry in San Francisco in June 2008.
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