On this day in 1911, Butterfly McQueen was born in Tampa, Fla. Best known
for her role as "Prissy" in the 1939 MGM movie "Gone with the Wind,"
Butterfly was a nearly lifelong atheist. The role of Prissy, she would
later say, "was not a pleasant part to play--I didn't want to be that
little slave. But I did my best, my very best." She quit movie acting in
1947 to avoid further typecasting, going to work as a real-life maid,
Macy's saleslady, and seamstress. She earned her bachelor's degree in
political science in 1974 at age 64 from the New York City College. The
Life Member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation died in a tragic
accident on Dec. 22, 1995.

“As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of
religion.”

-- Butterfly McQueen, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Oct. 8, 1989

--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.thoughts.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA

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When one reads Bibles, one is less surprised at what the Deity knows than
at what He doesn't know.
-- Mark Twain