Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Madalyn Murray O'Hair (April 13 1919 - 1995) was an American atheist, founder of American Atheists and campaigned for the separation of church and state, and murder victim (at age 76).

Birth, marriage and children

Madalyn Mays was born in Beechview, Pennsylvania. As an infant she was baptized into the Presbyterian church. She married John Henry Roths in 1941, however they separated when they both enlisted, he in the US Marines, she in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. In 1945, while posted to a cryptography staff in Italy, she began an affair with William J. Murray Jr. and gave birth to a boy (William). Murray was a married Roman Catholic and refused to divorce his wife to marry Madalyn, who nonetheless divorced Roths and began calling herself Madalyn Murray. In 1949 she obtained a Law degree from South Texas College of Law but never practiced. On November 16, 1954, she gave birth to another son (Jon Garth Murray) by a different father.

Related Topics:
Beechview - Pennsylvania - Presbyterian - 1941 - US Marines - Women's Auxiliary Army Corps - 1945 - Cryptography - Italy - Roman Catholic - 1949 - South Texas College of Law - November 16 - 1954

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