Beverly LaHaye Biography
Beverly LaHaye is a Christian conservative activist and novelist from San Diego, California, who formed Concerned Women for America (CWA) in 1979. Until his death in 2016, she was married to Tim LaHaye, a late evangelical Christian clergyman and prolific author of the Left Behind trilogy.
Beverly LaHaye Age
Beverly is 93 years April 2022. She was born Beverly Jean Davenport Ratcliffe on April 30, 1929, in Oakland County, Michigan, U.S.
Beverly LaHaye Education
She earned her highest degree, a diploma from Highland Park Community High School, in 1946. She went on to Bob Jones University after that.
Beverly LaHaye Parents – Family
Beverly Jean was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Lowell Ardo and Nellie Elizabeth Davenport. Beverly’s father worked as a manufacturing worker in Southfield, Michigan, and died when she was approximately two years old from a ruptured appendix. Nellie Elizabeth married Daniel Ratcliffe, a tool manufacturer in the car business in Oakland County, Michigan, in less than two years. Beverly Jean and her older sister Blanche Aileen adopted their stepfather’s surname as their own from that point forward.
Beverly LaHaye Husband
Beverly was married to her late husband Tim LaHaye in 1947. The LaHaye’s had four children, Linda, Larry, Lee, and Lori, and nine grandchildren.
Beverly LaHaye Books
- How to Develop Your Child’s Temperament (1977)
- I Am a Woman by God’s Design (1980)
- The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love (1976)
- The Desires of a Woman’s Heart (1993)
- The Restless Woman (1984)
- The Spirit-Controlled Woman (1976)
Beverly LaHaye Career
Concerned Women for America was founded by LaHaye in 1979. The National Organization for Women and a 1978 Barbara Walters interview with feminist Betty Friedan prompted CWA to form. Friedan’s purpose, according to LaHaye, was “to undermine the core of American culture: the family,” and Christian women were not included in debates on women’s rights. The birth of CWA was commemorated by a rally hosted by LaHaye in a local San Diego theatre. CWA began as a local organization, but within two years, it had grown to become a national organization. “The nation’s largest public policy women’s organization devoted to biblical ideas,” according to the organization’s website. CWA is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that is “sponsored by hundreds of local chapters across the country.” “CWA [had] become a significant political movement, claiming over half a million members,” Salon reported in 2014.
Beverly LaHaye’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 9 million dollars.