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→Monette Richards' personal life and activism
According to the Center for Inquiry:
According to the Center for Inquiry:
{{Cquote|Ms. Richards’ parents’ own distancing from their religious upbringing contributed to her lifelong atheism. The most recent and blatant encroachment of religious ideology into women’s civil rights has forced her into activism, starting with the tweeting, filming and livestreaming of the UniteWomen Ohio event in April 2012. Attending CFI’s Women in Secularism conference that same year motivated her to get involved even more.<ref>[https://centerforinquiry.org/speakers/richards_monette/ Monette Richard - bio]</ref>}}
{{Cquote|Ms. Richards’ parents’ own distancing from their religious upbringing contributed to her lifelong atheism. The most recent and blatant encroachment of religious ideology into women’s civil rights has forced her into activism, starting with the tweeting, filming and livestreaming of the UniteWomen Ohio event in April 2012. Attending CFI’s Women in Secularism conference that same year motivated her to get involved even more.<ref>[https://centerforinquiry.org/speakers/richards_monette/ Monette Richard - bio]</ref>}}
According to the Secular Woman website:
{{Cquote|Monette Richards experienced her first taste of sexism when she had to fight her way into the boys' baseball league at age 11. Later, having to demand entrance to the higher math classes into which boys were readily welcomed was another lesson of how society defined gender roles. The most recent and blatant encroachment of religious ideology into women's civil rights has forced her into activism, starting with the tweeting, filming and livestreaming of the UniteWomen Ohio event in April 2012...
When not working or volunteering for the ACLU, PPAO, NARAL, or local candidates, Ms. Richards can be found riding her motorcycles, knitting or gaming.<ref>[http://www.secularwoman.org/monette-richards/ Monette Richards - bio], Secular Woman website</ref>}}
== Monette Richards and Secular Woman attempting to get the United Nations to revoke Atheist Alliance International's special consultative status ==
== Monette Richards and Secular Woman attempting to get the United Nations to revoke Atheist Alliance International's special consultative status ==