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'''Wendy Wright''' is a former president and CEO of [[Concerned Women for America]], a [[Conservatism|conservative]] [[Christian]] political action group active in the United States. She joined the organization in 1999 and served as its executive vice president before being named president on January 30, 2006.<ref name="bp">{{cite web |accessdate=2010-03-17 |url=http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=22570 |title=Wright named president of Concerned Women for America |publisher=Baptist Press |date=2006-02-01 }}</ref> Wright was listed as one of "The 100 Most Powerful Women of Washington" in 2006 by ''[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=2010-03-17 |url=http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/businesscareers/1672.html |title=June 2006: The List of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women |work=Washingtonian |date=2006-06-01 |author=Milk, Leslie }}</ref> Wright is a frequent spokesperson for conservative causes, including [[anti-abortion]] and international issues.<ref name="bp" /> She was arrested in 1991 for participating in violent anti-abortion protests in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-08-21/news/mn-917_1_operation-rescue | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Abortion Opponents Rush Wichita Clinic; 130 Arrested : Protest: Activists scale fence, knock down counterdemonstrator. Two Operation Rescue leaders are taken into custody later | date=1991-08-21}}</ref>
'''Wendy Wright''' is a former president and CEO of [[Concerned Women for America]], a [[Conservatism|conservative]] [[Christian]] political action group active in the United States. She joined the organization in 1999 and served as its executive vice president before being named president on January 30, 2006.<ref name="bp">{{cite web |accessdate=2010-03-17 |url=http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=22570 |title=Wright named president of Concerned Women for America |publisher=Baptist Press |date=2006-02-01 }}</ref> Wright was listed as one of "The 100 Most Powerful Women of Washington" in 2006 by ''[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=2010-03-17 |url=http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/businesscareers/1672.html |title=June 2006: The List of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women |work=Washingtonian |date=2006-06-01 |author=Milk, Leslie }}</ref> Wright is a frequent spokesperson for conservative causes, including [[anti-abortion]] and international issues.<ref name="bp" /> She was arrested in 1991 for participating in violent anti-abortion protests in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-08-21/news/mn-917_1_operation-rescue | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Abortion Opponents Rush Wichita Clinic; 130 Arrested : Protest: Activists scale fence, knock down counterdemonstrator. Two Operation Rescue leaders are taken into custody later | date=1991-08-21}}</ref>
== Creationism==
== Creationism==
Wright was interviewed by [[evolutionary biologist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] for his 2008 program ''[[The Genius of Charles Darwin]]'', in the episode entitled "God Strikes Back". Dawkins wrote of the exchange in his 2009 book ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution]]''. In a book review for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Wright's dialogue with Dawkins led palaeontologist [[Richard Fortey]] to write that "one sympathises with Dawkins's attempt to talk evidence with convinced creationists" and that Wright "would have most rational souls tearing out their hair".<ref>[[Richard Fortey]]. (2009-09-05). "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/05/richard-dawkins-greatest-show-evolution Review: Books:NON-FICTION: Arguments with an ibis: Richard Dawkins's latest broadside just misses its target]" ''[[The Guardian]]'' (London). p. 9.</ref> Sarah Lyall of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said "it is as if [Wright] doesn't hear him".<ref>{{cite news |title=A Raconteur of Nature’s Back Story |author=Sarah Lyall |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2009-10-19 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/books/20dawkins.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref>
Wright was interviewed by [[evolutionary biologist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] for his 2008 program ''[[The Genius of Charles Darwin]]'', in the episode entitled "God Strikes Back". Dawkins wrote of the exchange in his 2009 book ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution]]''.

==References==
==References==
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Wendy Wright is a former president and CEO of Concerned Women for America, a conservative Christian political action group active in the United States. She joined the organization in 1999 and served as its executive vice president before being named president on January 30, 2006.[1] Wright was listed as one of "The 100 Most Powerful Women of Washington" in 2006 by Washingtonian magazine.[2] Wright is a frequent spokesperson for conservative causes, including anti-abortion and international issues.[1] She was arrested in 1991 for participating in violent anti-abortion protests in Wichita, Kansas.[3]

Creationism

Wright was interviewed by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins for his 2008 program The Genius of Charles Darwin, in the episode entitled "God Strikes Back". Dawkins wrote of the exchange in his 2009 book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.

References

  1. ^ a b "Wright named president of Concerned Women for America". Baptist Press. 2006-02-01. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  2. ^ Milk, Leslie (2006-06-01). "June 2006: The List of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women". Washingtonian. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  3. ^ "Abortion Opponents Rush Wichita Clinic; 130 Arrested : Protest: Activists scale fence, knock down counterdemonstrator. Two Operation Rescue leaders are taken into custody later". Los Angeles Times. 1991-08-21.

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