entertainer famous for her Florida orange juice commercials; initiated a campaign against homosexual rights beginning with her opposition to a local ordinance in Dade County, FL banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in 1977. Her 'Save Our Children' campaign depicted homosexuals as perverted pedophiles and formed part of a renewed Christian Right movement. After success in Florida, she took her campaign nationwide and achieved a number of similar victories in other cities. Her campaigned inspired a number of gay rights organizations to galvanize in opposition. She is iconic of the reinvigorated religious right of the 1970s and 80s and their efforts to combat the new visible gay activism.

U.S. history review for the GATech course.