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'''Paul Beecher Blanshard''' (August 27, 1892 - January 27, 1980) was a famous anti-[[Catholic]] [[bigot]].<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60810FB355511728DDDA90B94D9405B8084F1D3 Paul Blanshard, Writer and Critic Of Catholic Church, Is Dead at 87; 'Must Be Reckoned With' A Move to the Vatican], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  His works have been referred to as those of a "professional" bigot differentiating them from less literary, less sophisticated efforts such as those of [[Jack Chick]].  Blanshard's most notorious work is ''American Freedom and Catholic Power'' (1949).  Other works of anti-Catholic bigotry include ''The Irish and Catholic Power'' (1953) and Kennedy presidency-obsessed work ''The Future of Catholic Power'' (1961). <ref> [http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic204122.files/Week_Two/Massa_New_and_Old_Anti-Catholicism.pdf "New and Old Anti-Catholicism"], [[Harvard University]]</ref>

'''Paul Beecher Blanshard''' (August 27, 1892 - January 27, 1980) was a famous anti-[[Catholic]] [[bigot]].<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60810FB355511728DDDA90B94D9405B8084F1D3 Paul Blanshard, Writer and Critic Of Catholic Church, Is Dead at 87; 'Must Be Reckoned With' A Move to the Vatican], [[The New York Times]]</ref>  His works have been referred to as those of a "professional" bigot differentiating them from less literary, less sophisticated efforts such as those of [[Jack Chick]].  Blanshard's most notorious work is ''American Freedom and Catholic Power'' (1949).  Other works of anti-Catholic bigotry include ''The Irish and Catholic Power'' (1953) and Kennedy presidency-obsessed work ''The Future of Catholic Power'' (1961).<ref>[http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic204122.files/Week_Two/Massa_New_and_Old_Anti-Catholicism.pdf "New and Old Anti-Catholicism"], [[Harvard University]]</ref>

Blanshard was editor for [[Nation (magazine)|The Nation]] and special counsel and spokesman for [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwarz|first1=Fred |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/245807/jfks-religion-speech-fred-schwarz |title=JFK’s ‘Religion Speech’ |work=[[National Review]] |date=September 11, 2010 }}</ref>  He was also a member of the National Council for the [[League for Industrial Democracy]], for the [[Rochester, New York]] area.<ref>{{cite book|title=The challenge of waste|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SClRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP2|date=1922|pages=2}}</ref>

Blanshard was editor for [[Nation (magazine)|The Nation]] and special counsel and spokesman for [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwarz|first1=Fred |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/245807/jfks-religion-speech-fred-schwarz |title=JFK’s ‘Religion Speech’ |work=[[National Review]] |date=September 11, 2010 }}</ref>  He was also a member of the National Council for the [[League for Industrial Democracy]], for the [[Rochester, New York]] area.<ref>{{cite book|title=The challenge of waste|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SClRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP2|date=1922|pages=2}}</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Paul and his twin brother Brand Blanshard<ref>[http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/paul-mary-blanshard/ Paul & Mary Blanshard: Fighters for Social Justice, 1892-1980 & 1902-1965]</ref> were born in Fredericksburg, Ohio, on August 27th, 1892.<ref name=gcts>[https://books.google.com/books?id=E1UAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA89 General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass: 1880]</ref>

Paul and his twin brother Brand Blanshard<ref>[http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/biographies/paul-mary-blanshard/ Paul & Mary Blanshard: Fighters for Social Justice, 1892-1980 & 1902-1965]</ref> were born in Fredericksburg, Ohio, on August 27, 1892.<ref name=gcts>[https://books.google.com/books?id=E1UAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA89 General Catalogue of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass: 1880]</ref>

He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914.<ref name=gcts />

He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914.<ref name=gcts />

* ''Classics of Free Thought'', (1977)

* ''Classics of Free Thought'', (1977)

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Social Justice]]

* [[Social Justice]]

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=w5vIopoWMaUC&pg=PA24 Notable American Unitarians 1936-1961], Paul Blanshard & Mary Hillyer Blanshard: Fighters for Social Justice

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=w5vIopoWMaUC&pg=PA24 Notable American Unitarians 1936-1961], Paul Blanshard & Mary Hillyer Blanshard: Fighters for Social Justice

[[Category:Bigotry]]

[[Category:Bigotry]]

[[Category:Socialism]]

[[Category:Socialism]]