Despite her death, we still see religious intolerance, from the ridiculous (“President Obama is a Muslim!” said with hatred and not, “Oh, the president’s a Muslim” (which, of course, he isn’t)) to the troubling (President George W.
Her journey from loving wife and mother to religious advocate is absolutely fascinating.ĥ. Mary Dyer spent two decades fighting for religious freedom before she was hanged simply for the “crime” of being a Quaker. She’s a civil rights hero who hasn’t gotten her due. For a humble woman, she had real backbone.Ĥ. Children will find her courage in the face of danger inspiring. Fast forward 30 years later, and there still aren’t any middle-grade books about her. Less personal, but… when I was kid, there were no books on Mary Dyer that I could read. She even traveled from Philly to Boston for the sole purpose of seeing the Mary Dyer statue in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse.Ģ. I’ll start with the most personal first – I grew up on stories of Mary Dyer because my great-grandmother deeply admired her. For now, let’s tackle the question in the headline.ġ.
That last questions may be a post for a different day because it’s not an easy one to answer. It usually comes right after, “Who was she?” and right before the question, “So why isn’t she more famous?” “Why did you write about Mary Dyer?” is a question I often get.
“My life not availeth me in comparison to the liberty of the truth.”
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