Annie Laurie Gaylor

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Annie Laurie Gaylor

At the 2012 Global Atheist Convention
Born (1955-11-02) November 2, 1955 (age 56)
Residence Madison, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation Co-president, Freedom From Religion Foundation, author

Annie Laurie Gaylor (born in Tomah, Wisconsin on 2 November 1955) is co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and, with her husband Dan Barker, is the current co-president. She is also editor of the organization's newspaper, Freethought Today, which is published ten times per year. She is a self-described feminist and liberal. She is the author of several books, including Woe to the Women: The Bible Tells Me So, Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children, and Women Without Superstition: "No Gods — No Masters." She is a 1980 graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism.

Gaylor and her mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, and the late John Sontarck, founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation in a meeting around the Gaylors' dining room table in 1978. [1] She met Barker at The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1984. They began dating six months later and married in 1987. They have a daughter, Sabrina Delata.[1]

Gaylor co-hosts a one hour weekly radio show with Barker. Freethought Radio was launched on October 6, 2007,[2] on Air America.

The organization which Gaylor co-founded ran this advertisement in the New York Times: [3]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Atheists' Calling". Wisconsin State Journal. February 25, 2007. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2007/02/25/0702240507.php. Retrieved 2007-09-27. 
  2. ^ Donaldson-Evans, Catherine (2007-10-10). "Atheist Radio Show Goes National on Air America". FOX News Network, LLC. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300719,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-11. 
  3. ^ [1]“accessed April 1,2012”

Books by Gaylor

  • Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1981). Woe to the women, the Bible tells me so: The Bible, female sexuality & the law. Freedom From Religion Foundation. ISBN 1-877733-02-4.
  • Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1986). It can't happen here?. Complimentary Copy Press. ASIN B0007259PM.
  • Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1987). Two reviews: Encyclopedia of unbelief. Complimentary Copy Press. ASIN B000729OJY.
  • Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1988). Betrayal of trust: Clergy's abuse of children. Freedom From Religion Foundation. ASIN B0006ER83W.
  • Gaylor, Annie Laurie (Editor) (1997). Women Without Superstition: "No Gods--No Masters". Freedom From Religion Foundation. ASIN B000V8LIOS.



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