Clarence Seward Darrow's Attitudes Towards Religion

Clarence Seward Darrow was born on April 18, 1857, in Farmdale, Ohio, the fifth of Amirus and Emily Darrow's eight children. His father, after completing studies at an institution for training members of the priesthood had lost his faith and became atheist living within a strongly religious community. (The Darrows were politicly diffrent; they were Democrats in a strongly Republican area.) The elder Darrow worked as a carpenter and coffin maker. His mother, who died when he was fifteen, was a strong supporter of women's rights. From his parents Darrow received a love of reading books and a weak attitude toward religion.