Women & Religion

• Zhao is known for her efforts she made as the first female in historian in China
  • Also known for promoting the education of Chinese women
• At age 14, she got married. Not long after, her husband died and she had to raise her children alone.
• Later on, Ban Zhao became the empress’ adviser
• During her lifetime, she wrote 16 books of poems, multiple narratives and many essays.
• Today, she is recognized for her achievements in terms of the progress of female education in China

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"Ban Zhao." Encyclopedia of World Biography, vol. 24, Gale, 2005. Biography in Context, libproxy.gc.maricopa.edu/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1631008429/BIC1?u=mcc_glendale&xid=62677614. Accessed 12 Mar. 2017.

Lindemann, Kate. "Ban Zhao / Pan Chou 45-120 Confucian Feminism & Ethics." Society for the Study of Women Philosophers. Society for the Study of Women Philosophers, 10 June

2016. Web. 10 Nov. 2016. http://www.societyforthestudyofwomenphilosophers.org/Ban_Zhou.html.

• Known as the “most hated woman in America”
• Her son was forced to read the bible and engage in prayer at his school
• She took her disagreements to court in the case Murray vs. Curlett
• Winning the case, it was put into effect that reading the bible and practicing in in public schools was illegal
• She received large amounts of backlash for contradicting the religious beliefs of the majority of Americans
• Her, her son, and her granddaughter were abducted and killed in 1995
• Raised awareness and devoted her life to supporting alternate beliefs

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LeBeau, Bryan F. The Atheist : Madalyn Murray O'hair. New York: NYU Press, 2003. eBook

Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 11 Nov. 2016.

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 "Madalyn Murray O'Hair." Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale, 1998. Biography in Context, libproxy.gc.maricopa.edu/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1631004931/BIC1?u=mcc_glendale&xid=8d49bb94. Accessed 11 Mar. 2017.