Rampton, Renée Marchant, 1935-

Renée grew up in a family of fifteen children. In 1956 she married musician Roger Rampton, a successful percussionist. They soon moved to Las Vegas where Roger performed on the Strip. She remained active in her Mormon faith and the Church's music ministry. When the Clark County School District was going to cut their music programs in the early 1970s, she became a vocal community opponent. In the 1970s the Mormon Church opposed the Equal Rights Amendment. Reńee wasn't comfortable with the Church's involvement in this political issue, and she joined forces with those working to ratify the amendment. She and Roger divorced during this period, she went back to school and got her education degree and became an elementary school teacher. Renée continued teaching until she turned seventy.