Beverly LaHaye
Beverly LaHaye | |
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Born | Beverly Jean Davenport April 30, 1929 Oakland County, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | April 14, 2024 El Cajon, California, U.S. | (aged 94)
Alma mater | Highland Park Community High School, Bob Jones University |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
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Beverly Jean Davenport LaHaye (
Personal life
Beverly Jean Davenport was born in Oakland County, Michigan, on April 30, 1929, to Lowell Ardo and Nellie Elizabeth (née Pitts) Davenport.[1] Her father was a factory worker in Southfield, Michigan and died of a ruptured appendix when Beverly was almost two years old.[2] Within two years, Nellie Elizabeth married Daniel Ratcliffe, a tool maker in the auto industry in Oakland County, Michigan.[3] From then on, Beverly Jean and her older sister Blanche Aileen used their stepfather's surname as their own.[4]
She graduated from
LaHaye died at a hospice facility in El Cajon, California, on April 14, 2024, at the age of 94.[8][6][12]
Concerned Women for America
LaHaye formed Concerned Women for America (CWA) in 1979.[13] Initially, CWA was a reaction to the National Organization for Women and a 1978 Barbara Walters interview with feminist Betty Friedan.[14] LaHaye stated that she believed Friedan's goal was "to dismantle the bedrock of American culture: the family",[15] and that Christian women were not included in discussions of women's rights. LaHaye held a rally in a local San Diego auditorium which marked the beginning of CWA.[15]
While CWA was originally intended to be a local group, the organization was established nationwide within two years.[16] The organization calls itself "the nation's largest public policy women's organization devoted to biblical principles."[17] When CWA's headquarters moved to Washington, D.C., LaHaye "announced at a press conference: 'This is our message: the feminists do not speak for all women in America, and CWA is here in Washington to end the monopoly of feminists who claim to speak for all women.'"[18]
The CWA strongly supported Ronald Reagan during his presidency, and Reagan credited LaHaye with "changing the face of American politics".[6][8]
CWA is a
Published works
LaHaye and her husband co-authored the self-help sex manual The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love in 1976.[20]
LaHaye wrote The Spirit-Controlled Woman in 1976,[21] a companion to her husband's book The Spirit-Controlled Temperament. A revised and expanded edition of the book, The New Spirit-Controlled Woman, was released in 2005.[22] The Desires of a Woman's Heart was released in 1993.[23]
Bibliography
- OCLC 1859880(co-authored with Timothy LaHaye)
- The Spirit-Controlled Woman (1976) OCLC 3033275
- How to Develop Your Child's Temperament (1977) OCLC 3312367
- I Am a Woman by God's Design (1980) OCLC 6813275
- The Restless Woman (1984) OCLC 10912698
- The Desires of a Woman's Heart (1993) OCLC 855192530
References
- ^ Year: 1930; Census Place: Southfield, Oakland, Michigan; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0125; FHL microfilm: 2340754
- ^ "Lowell Ardo Davenport, Death Certificate" (PDF).
- ^ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952; Film: 174; Film Title: 63 Oakland 06850-10109; Film Description: Oakland (1930–1933)
- ^ Year: 1940; Census Place: Southfield, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01803; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 63-166C
- ^ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880–2012"; School Name: Highland Park Community High School; Year: 1946
- ^ a b c d Gabriel, Trip (April 19, 2024). "Beverly LaHaye, Soldier of the Christian Right, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ Peterson, Karla (July 26, 2016). "Author Tim LaHaye dies at age 90".
- ^ a b c d Silliman, Daniel (April 15, 2024). "Died: Beverly LaHaye, Pastor's Wife Who Led Religious Right". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on April 15, 2024.
- ^ Bates, Stephen (July 28, 2016). "Tim LaHaye obituary". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (July 25, 2016). "Tim LaHaye Dies at 90; Fundamentalist Leader's Grisly Novels Sold Millions". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Boss Lady". Chicago Tribune. May 26, 1992.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ a b Smith, Leslie (July 29, 2014). "How conservative Christian women came to claim "true" feminism". Salon.com. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Gardiner, S., "Concerned Women for America: A Case Study Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine", Feminism and Women's Studies, August 28, 2006. Online as of April 19, 2007.
- ^ a b Beverly LaHaye marks three decades of promoting traditional values through CWA Archived September 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Christian Examiner.com, 20 December 09. Retrieved: September 14, 2013.
- ^ Henry, Tamara (September 2, 1992). "Group says school censorship increasing". Associated Press. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- ^ Stanley, Paul (January 25, 2013). "4 Most Powerful Pro-Life Female Voices". Christian Post. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ a b Johnson, Emily (September 16, 2014). "Us v. Them: The Pitfalls of Righteous Rhetoric". ReligionAndPolitics.org. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Concerned Women for America Fact Check.Org, October 2010. Retrieved: September 14, 2013.
- ^ LaHaye, Tim, and Beverly LaHaye. The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1998.
- ISBN 9780190201098– via oxfordre.com.
- ISBN 9780736915953– via www.christianbook.com.
- S2CID 145173940.