Marion Bromley
Marion Bromley née Coddington (October 10, 1912 – January 21, 1996) was a pioneer of the modern American tax resistance movement and a civil rights activist.
Tax resistance
In 1948 Bromley left the staff of the
Over the years her refusal to pay her taxes has appeared in the news.[2]
The first war tax resistance "how to" guide, Handbook on Nonpayment of War Taxes, was published by Marion and Ernest Bromley in 1963.[citation needed]
Bromley participated in the first meeting of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee in 1982.
In the 1970s the Internal Revenue Service tried[3] and failed[4] to seize their home for non-payment of taxes. In 1977 the War Resisters League gave the Bromleys its annual Peace Award.[5]
Desegregation activism
She participated in the campaign to desegregate the Coney Island amusement park in 1952. She was with a black couple in a car that attempted to gain access to the park but was attacked by an anti-desegregationist mob (the occupants of the car were charged with disorderly conduct).[citation needed]
Personal life
She married Ernest Bromley in 1948.
References
- ^ Moores, Lew (January 24, 1996). "Obituary for Marion Bromley (Aged 83)". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 14. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Long, Naomi (March 30, 1949). "Fighting for peace". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- "Peacemakers speak to Ball State crowd". The Star Press. October 29, 1980. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Mong, Bob (May 29, 1975). "Bromley world meets IRS world". The Cincinnati Post. p. 3. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- Battaglia, Alice (February 20, 1975). "Pacifists charge fraud in IRS seizure of home". Union-Liberty Journal. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Bunting, Ken (September 1, 1975). "Bromleys win battle for their farmhouse with IRS reversal". The Cincinnati Post. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley Papers (DG 214), Swarthmore College Peace Collection". www.swarthmore.edu. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
External links
- "Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley Papers". Swarthmore College Peace Collection: Archives & Manuscripts. January 21, 1996. Retrieved May 24, 2023.