Mary Beth Tinker

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Mary Beth Tinker is an American free-speech activist best known for her role as a student plaintiff in the landmark 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case that established students’ First Amendment rights in public schools.

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Mary Beth Tinker canonical 3
John Tinker 2
John F. Tinker 1

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instanceOf American civil liberties activist
free speech activist
human
student rights activist
advocatesFor civic education for young people
stronger legal protections for student expression
awardReceived Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame induction
basedIn United States school and legal communities
cause opposition to the Vietnam War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of Iowa
fieldOfWork First Amendment law
civil rights
education rights
hasEthnicity white American
hasGender female
influenced student speech policies in American public schools
inspired subsequent student free-speech litigation in the United States
knownFor defending students’ First Amendment rights in public schools
languageSpoken English
legalCase Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
legalCaseDate 1969
legalCaseOutcome U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming students’ First Amendment rights
legalDoctrineAssociatedWith “substantial disruption” test for student speech
movement civil liberties movement
free speech movement
student rights movement
notableEvent suspension from school for wearing a black armband
notableFor Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
notableWork advocacy for student expression rights in schools
occupation activist
nurse
public speaker
participatedIn wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War in Des Moines public schools
partOf Tinker family
placeOfBirth Des Moines, Iowa
positionHeld registered nurse
residence Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
roleInLawsuit student plaintiff in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
sibling Hope Tinker
John Tinker
linked to: Mary Beth Tinker
speaksOnTopic First Amendment in schools
students’ constitutional rights
youth civic engagement
timePeriod 20th century
21st century

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Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District petitioner John Tinker
linked to: Mary Beth Tinker
393 U.S. 503 petitioner John F. Tinker
linked to: Mary Beth Tinker
393 U.S. 503 petitioner Mary Beth Tinker
Mary Beth Tinker sibling John Tinker
linked to: Mary Beth Tinker
Christopher Eckhardt coPlaintiffWith Mary Beth Tinker