Carol Sobel was senior staff counsel and had worked for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California for 15 years, specializing in First Amendment issues, at the time of …
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Blanche Fearn – “First Freethought Volunteer Extraordinaire” Award
Blanche Fearn, a Foundation member from Florida, received a plaque at the 1991 annual Foundation convention in October. The plaque named her “Freethought Volunteer Extraordinaire” for her generous giving of …
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Jean Bertolette
Jean Bertolette, a retired school teacher and member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, protested religion at commencement ceremonies conducted in Yucca Valley, California, after a friend witnessed a local …
Patricia Ireland
Patricia Ireland was named “Freethought Heroine 1990” at the thirteenth annual national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 6, 1990. At that time, …
Richard Rohrer
In 1987, Foundation Life Member Richard Rohrer asked the mayor of Ottawa, Illinois, to stop a "seasonal display" in a city park of 16 billboard-sized paintings depicting "the life of …
Butterfly McQueen
The Freedom From Religion Foundation honored actress Butterfly McQueen with its first “Freethought Heroine” award at its national convention in Atlanta in 1989, coincidentally held during the 50th anniversary of …
The Jager Family
Jager v. Douglas County School District, 862 F.2d 824 (11th Cir.), Cert. den. 490 U.S. 1090 (1989) High school student Doug Jager ended a 41-year abuse of pregame prayers led …
Valerie White
Attorney Valerie White was responsible for ending a 30-year Establishment Clause abuse, in which a lighted cross was placed on top of a Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn in …
Phyllis Grams
Freedom From Religion Foundation v. City of La Crosse Retired schoolteacher, daughter of a former member of Congress and lifelong resident Phyllis Grams objected to the presence of a Ten …
