Katha Pollit is an author, widely published essayist, feminist and freethinker who received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Columbia. Her …
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Beverly Harris
Beverly Harris, a 17-year-old high school senior, asked Grangeville High School, Idaho, to stop its practice of holding illegal prayers at high school commencements. When the Harris family’s request was …
Eleanor Smeal
Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority, was named 1994 Freethought Heroine and gave the keynote speech at the 17th annual Freedom From Religion Foundation convention on October 1, 1994, …
Patricia & Joseph King – Recognition Award
A recognition plaque was awarded at the seventeenth annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation on October 1, 1994, to Drs. Joseph and Patricia King. The Kings were plaintiffs …
Mel Schlesinger
Mel Schlesinger, a businessman and Foundation member, wrote to the Indiana Civil Liberties Union in 1981, requesting action to remove a 16-foot Catholic crucifix, donated in 1955 by the Knights …
Janet Benshoof – “Civil Liberties Heroine” Award
Janet Benshoof was founder and president of the Center for Reproductive Law & Policy for 10 years, and has been an advocate of women’s reproductive rights for more than 25 …
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Allen Berger
Berger v. Rensselaer. 982 F.2d, 1160 (7th Cir.) Cert. denied. 124 L.E. 2d 254 (1993) Prof. Allen Berger, the father of two school-aged children, objected to the 40-year practice of …
Roger Cleveland
Roger Cleveland, director of the Alabama Freethought Association, a chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, filed a complaint in 1989 against official chapels in Alabama state parks. He reached …
The Weisman Family
Lee v. Weisman, 120 L.E. 2d 467/112 S.C.T.2649 (1992) During Merith Weisman's 1986 graduation ceremony in a public high school in Rhode Island, a Baptist minister instructed everybody to bow …
