Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsEditorsTeachersHistoryBill Cook was the secretary of the Rationalist Society of Australia and editor of "The Rationalist" for twenty-five years. He extended the scope of the Society so that rationalism was identified with an effort to retain democratic institutions and objects. The aim of the Rationalist Society was to propound and advance rationalism, to stimulate free thought and religious freedom and to promote a secular and ethical system of education.