[2] Within two years, Nellie Elizabeth married Daniel Ratcliffe, a tool maker in the auto industry in Oakland County, Michigan.
[6] After attending college for one year, she dropped out and joined the workforce to support the family finances, as her husband Tim made little money as a pastor.
[7][8] In 1956, the LaHayes moved to San Diego, California, where Tim became the pastor of Scott Memorial Baptist Church.
[14] Initially, CWA was a reaction to the National Organization for Women and a 1978 Barbara Walters interview with feminist Betty Friedan.
LaHaye held a rally in a local San Diego auditorium which marked the beginning of CWA.
[6] LaHaye and her husband co-authored the self-help sex manual The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love in 1976.