Annie Laurie Gaylor Explained

Annie Laurie Gaylor
Birth Date:2 November 1955
Nationality:American

Annie Laurie Gaylor (born November 2, 1955) is an American atheist, secular and women's rights activist and a co-founder – and, with her husband Dan Barker, a current co-president  – of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.[1] She was also the editor of the organization's newspaper, Freethought Today (published ten times per year) until 2015. Gaylor is the author of several books, including Woe to the Women: The Bible Tells Me So, Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children and, as editor, Women Without Superstition: No GodsNo Masters.

Biography

Gaylor graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Journalism in 1980.

In 1977, Gaylor along with her mother (Anne Nicol Gaylor) and feminist groups, spearheaded the protest that led to the recall of Judge Archie Simonson after he had made a statement blaming a young girl for her rape.[2]

Gaylor and her late mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, and the late John Sontarck, founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) in a meeting around the Gaylors' dining room table in 1978. Gaylor has worked to make the FFRF the largest organization of atheists and agnostics in the United States.[3]

Gaylor is also on the Board of Directors of the Women's Medical Fund, Inc.,[4] a group that helps women pay for abortion services.[5] She has been involved in other protests including: protesting abortion restrictions in South Dakota,[6] protesting perceived judicial misconduct in Wisconsin,[7] and speaking out against gun violence.[8]

In 2010, Gaylor received the Humanitarian Heroine award from the American Humanist Association.[9] Gaylor has been an invited speaker at conferences including the 2012 Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, Australia,[10] and the regional conference of the Minnesota Atheists.[11] She is on the speakers bureau of the Secular Student Alliance.[12]

Media appearances

Gaylor has appeared in numerous print, radio and television media discussing the work of the FFRF, such as an advertising campaign being censored in Las Vegas[13] and the case against the National Day of Prayer.[14]

Gaylor contributes writings to print media across the United States on women's issues: how politics affects women's access to reproductive health care in the state of Wisconsin,[15] the arrest of the Tunisian woman Amina Tyler for posting a nude photo of herself,[16] the 50-year anniversary of the publication of The Feminine Mystique,[17] and the state of women's rights around the world since the Seneca Convention.[18] [19]

Gaylor, along with her husband Dan Barker, hosts a weekly one-hour radio program Freethought Radio. It is broadcast weekly, on Progressive Talk The Mic 92.1, out of Madison, Wisconsin. It is carried on several other stations throughout the Midwest and is available through podcast.[20]

Personal life

Gaylor met Barker when both were guests on AM Chicago, hosted by Oprah Winfrey, in 1984. They began dating six months later and married in 1987. They have a daughter.[21]

Publications

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor are happily God-free . Isthmus The Daily Page . 18 December 2009 . 17 August 2013 . Grauvogl, Ann . 7 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131107013057/http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=27715 . dead .
  2. Simonson recall:
    • Web site: Judge's comments on rape spark protest . The Prescott Courier . 27 May 1977 . 17 August 2013.
    • Web site: Women demand judge resign job . Daily News . 26 May 1977 . 17 August 2013.
    • Feminism at the grass roots: The recall of Judge Archie Simonson . Woliver, Laura R. . Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies . December 1990 . 11 . 2/3. 111–119. 3346835. 10.2307/3346835 .
  3. News: Atheists To Get High Court Hearing. CBS News . 23 February 2007. Joel. Roberts. 8 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Women's Medical Fund, Inc. . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130718100725/http://womensmedicalfundwis.org/ . 18 July 2013 . dead .
  5. Web site: Crusader with a checkbook: Anne Nicol Gaylor helps women fund abortions . Wisconsin State Journal . 22 August 2010 . 23 June 2013 . Erickson, Doug.
  6. Web site: Abortion Rights Groups Boycott S.D. Tourist Spots . ABCNews . 31 March 2006 . 6 August 2013 . Alikan, Anusha.
  7. Web site: Wisconsin progressive groups rally, call for a Prosser leave of absence . Isthmus The Daily Page . 12 July 2011 . 6 August 2013 . 15 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190915103417/https://isthmus.com/news/news/wisconsin-progressive-groups-rally-call-for-a-prosser-leave-of-absence/ . dead .
  8. Web site: The Longest, Darkest Night of the Year . Women's Media Center . 19 December 2012 . 6 August 2013 . Morgan, Robin.
  9. Web site: 2010 Humanist Awards . American Humanist Association . 2010 . 6 August 2013 . 21 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221225508/http://americanhumanist.org/What_We_Do/Annual_Conference/2010/Awardees_and_Entertainment . dead .
  10. Web site: Speakers . Global Atheist Convention . 2012 . 6 August 2013.
  11. Web site: Annie Laurie Gaylor to Speak at American-MN Atheists Conference . Minnesota Atheists . 17 August 2013 . 21 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221194115/http://mnatheists.org/news-and-media/news/8-local-news/881-annie-laurie-gaylor-to-speak-at-american-mn-atheists-conference . dead .
  12. Web site: Annie Laurie Gaylor . Secular Student Alliance . 18 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002202254/https://www.secularstudents.org/speakers/AnnieLaurieGaylor . 2 October 2013 . dead .
  13. News: Atheist Group Unveils Anti-God Ad Campaign Ahead of Holidays. https://archive.today/20130624225628/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/12/22/atheist-group-unveils-anti-god-ad-campaign-ahead-holidays/%23ixzz2WuZ30QLM. dead. 24 June 2013. Fox News. 22 December 2009. The O'Reilly Factor. 8 April 2016.
  14. Web site: The Joy Behar Show . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102223741/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=l8I35Zb8AZk . 2010-11-02 . dead. CNN . 27 April 2010 . 6 August 2013.
  15. Web site: Wisconsin abortion bills a travesty . Secular News Daily . 13 June 2013 . 6 August 2013 . Gaylor, Annie Laurie . 25 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225005008/http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2013/06/wisconsin-abortion-bills-a-travesty/ . dead .
  16. Web site: Femen's Message Should Not Be Provocative . The New York Times . 24 April 2013 . 6 August 2013 . Gaylor, Annie Laurie.
  17. Web site: Remembering a landmark book 50 years later . The Progressive . 19 February 2013 . 6 August 2013 . Gaylor, Annie Laurie.
  18. Web site: Women's Rights Movement Celebrates 160 Years . The Progressive . 17 July 2008 . 6 August 2013 . Gaylor, Annie Laurie . https://web.archive.org/web/20130327074902/http://www.progressive.org/mp/gaylor071708.html . 27 March 2013 . dead .
  19. Web site: Lessons of Seneca Falls, 165 years later . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . 19 July 2013 . 6 August 2013 . Gaylor, Annie Laurie.
  20. Web site: Freethought Radio & Podcast. 12 June 2013.
  21. Web site: The Atheists' Call . Madison.com . 25 February 2007 . 17 August 2013 . Erickson, Doug.

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