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Atheists - Agnostics - Freethinkers

Women who were freethinkers, atheists and agnostics. Articles, resources and net links on women in atheism, agnosticism, and freethought.
Annie Besant - Heretic
Annie Besant, heretic: minister's wife to atheist freethinker to theosophist
Comments on Genesis
An excerpt from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible: interpreting the first chapters of Genesis and the role of women.
Anthony, Susan B.: from American Atheist
A 1979 article on Anthony's unconventional religious views -- perhaps not quite atheism, as is claimed here. Quite a bit of detailed information.
Goldman, Emma: Guide to Papers
Berkeley Digital Library has an extensive collection of online papers on Emma Goldman: her life, her writings, bibliographies, etc.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair: Urban Legend
"Madalyn Murray O'Hair never petitioned the FCC to ban religious programming nor was she ever granted a hearing by that regulatory body to discuss the matter." Debunked by Snopes.com.

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