'''Madalyn Murray O'Hair''' (1919 - 1995) was an activist, founder of [[American Atheists]], and famous for her stern opposition to religion, who in 1960 filed and won a [[lawsuit]] (''Murray v. Curlett'') against the [[Baltimore]] City [[Public School]] System, claiming that it was unconstitutional for her son to study the [[Bible]] at school; this lawsuit, combined with another, would reach the [[Supreme Court]] and result in the banning of [[prayer]] and recitations of Bible verses in American public schools in June, 1963.<ref> [http://www.who2.com/madalynmurrayohair.html Madalyn Murray O'Hair Biography]</ref> | '''Madalyn Murray O'Hair''' (1919 - 1995) was an activist, founder of [[American Atheists]], and famous for her stern opposition to religion, who in 1960 filed and won a [[lawsuit]] (''Murray v. Curlett'') against the [[Baltimore]] City [[Public School]] System, claiming that it was unconstitutional for her son to study the [[Bible]] at school; this lawsuit, combined with another, would reach the [[Supreme Court]] and result in the banning of [[prayer]] and recitations of Bible verses in American public schools in June, 1963.<ref> [http://www.who2.com/madalynmurrayohair.html Madalyn Murray O'Hair Biography]</ref> |