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 8
John Tinker 2
John F. Tinker 1

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Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Hope Tinker → associatedWith → Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ
Tinker family → hasMember → Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ
Tinker family → hasNotableMember → Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ
John Tinker → hasSibling → Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ
John Tinker → coPlaintiffWith → Mary Beth Tinker ⓘ