- In 2013, the first public atheist monument was erected with quotes from O'Hair, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
- Was a militant feminist.
- Became estranged from her son, William J. Murray III after he became a Christian in 1980.
- The main perpetrator of her murder, David Roland Waters died on January 27, 2003 at the age of 55.
- Founder of American Atheists which remains one of the most distinguishable atheist activist groups in the USA to this day.
- The father of her eldest son William, was William Murray, Jr. who refused to divorce his wife and marry her as he was a staunch Catholic.
- She was played by actress Melissa Leo in the Netflix film The Most Hated Woman In America.
- One of the litigants in the case Murray v. Curlett which led to the 1963 US Supreme Court decision to ban organized prayer in public schools.
- Was called "the most hated woman in America" by Life Magazine in 1964.
- On 27 August 1995, she disappeared along with her son, Jon Garth Murray, and her granddaughter, Robin Murray-O'Hair. Several years later, David Roland Waters revealed the location of the missing Murray-O'Hairs as part of a plea bargain. They were found in a shallow grave on a ranch near the town of Camp Wood, Texas, in January 2001.
- B.A. from Ashland College, and law degree from South Texas College of Law (though she never practiced law).
- Children William (b. 1945) and Jon Garth (b. 1954). Both were born out of wedlock.
- She was separated from her second husband, Richard, at the time of his death in 1978.
- Endorsed Jimmy Carter in his presidential campaign in 1976.
- She was the First guest on The Donahue Show, which aired on November 6, 1967.
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