02719nam 2200685Ia 450 991113555900332120251116151046.097808147528520814752853978081476516608147651659781417588275141758827610.18574/nyu/9780814765166(CKB)1000000000031451(EBL)865781(OCoLC)779828243(SSID)ssj0000107113(PQKBManifestationID)11140643(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107113(PQKBWorkID)10012198(PQKB)11081870(OCoLC)58842158(MdBmJHUP)muse10525(Au-PeEL)EBL865781(CaPaEBR)ebr10078442(DE-B1597)548080(DE-B1597)9780814765166(Perlego)720612(MiAaPQ)EBC865781(EXLCZ)99100000000003145120020726d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair /Bryan F. Le Beau1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20031 online resource (401 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780814751725 0814751725 9780814751718 0814751717 Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-368) and index.Out of obscurity -- Murray v. Curlett -- The most hated woman in America -- The atheist -- Why I am an atheist -- Articulating the atheist position -- O'Hair's prominence recedes -- O'Hair retires -- Epilogue : The strange disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair.In 1964, Life magazine called Madalyn Murray O'Hair "the most hated woman in America." Another critic described her as "rude, impertinent, blasphemous, a destroyer not only of beliefs but of esteemed values.". In this first full-length biography, Bryan F. Le Beau offers a penetrating assessment of O'Hair's beliefs and actions and a probing discussion of how she came to represent both what Americans hated in their enemies and feared in themselves. Born in 1919, O'Hair was a divorced mother of two children born out of wedlock. She launched a crusade against God, often using foul language as she AtheistsUnited StatesBiographyAtheists211/.8/092BLeBeau Bryan FMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911135559003321UNINA