Complex sentence: Shirley L. Phelps-Roper was born October 31,1957 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of attorney and political activist Fred Phelps, minister of the Westboro Baptist Church, an independent church often characterized as a hate group.
Split into simpler sentences: Shirley L. Phelps-Roper was born October 31,1957 in Topeka, Kansas. She is the daughter of attorney and political activist Fred Phelps, minister of the Westboro Baptist Church, an independent church often characterized as a hate group.