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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Madalyn Murray O'Hair was an American activist, supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963 she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her. She created the first issues of American Atheist Magazine. O'Hair is best known for the Murray v. Curlett lawsuit, which challenged the policy of mandatory prayers and Bible reading in Baltimore public schools, in which she named her first son William J. Murray as plaintiff. Consolidated with Abington School District v. Schempp, it was heard by the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that officially sanctioned mandatory Bible-reading in American public schools was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court had prohibited officially sponsored prayer in schools in Engel v. Vitale on similar grounds. Through American Atheists, O'Hair filed numerous other suits on issues of separation of church and state.
BornMadalyn Mays, April 13, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 29, 1995, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Domestic partnerWilliam Murray, Michael Fiorillo
ChildrenWilliam (with Murray), Jon (with Fiorillo)
EducationAshland University (BA), South Texas College of Law (LLB)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJon Garth Murray

About Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on April 13, 1919. She dies at the age of 76, on September 29, 1995.

She is best known under the pseudonym M. Bible for founding and leading the non-profit organization American Atheists, as well as for her involvement in the famous Murray v. Curlett case, which laid the groundwork for the Supreme Court case Abington School District v. Schempp, which eventually banned public school-sanctioned Bible reading in the United States.

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Madalyn Murray O'Hair before becoming famous

Madalyn Murray O'Hair was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1919 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She enrolled in the South Texas College of Law after finishing her undergraduate degree at Ashland University, but never actively pursued a legal career.

Achievement of Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Criminals David Roland Waters, Danny Fry, and Gary Karr tortured and murdered her, her son Jon, and her granddaughter Robin in 1995.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She grew up in a Presbyterian home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of Lena Scholle and Irv Mays. Following a brief marriage to John Henry Roths, she had children with William J. Murray, Jr. and Michael Fiorillo. William J. Murray III (who became a Baptist minister) and Jon Garth Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray Murray (who joined his mother as a member of the American Atheists).

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Both she and Activist Ed Buckner served as President of the American Atheists.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair Income & Net worth

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