Barbara
Anderson was a member of
Jehovah's Witnesses from 1954 to
1997. She worked at their
headquarters in Brooklyn, NY from
1982 to 1992, where during her last
three years there she researched the
movement's official history
(published in 1993) and did research
as well as wrote a number of
articles for their Awake!
magazine. She has done extensive
research on issues related to child
sexual abuse in the religion leading
to interviews on major TV and radio
programs as an outspoken critic of
Jehovah's Witnesses sexual abuse
policies.