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Ariana Kelly
Ariana Kelly (born December 7, 1976) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She serves in the Maryland House of Delegates. She has represented District 16 since 2011, which is located in Montgomery County, and includes Bethesda, Cabin John, Glen Echo and parts of Chevy Chase, Potomac and Rockville. Kelly lives in Bethesda. Education and professional background Ariana Kelly grew up in Bethesda where she attended Walter Johnson High School. Kelly also attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied History, Women's Studies, and TV/Film Production. Kelly has an extensive background in nonprofit management, media, and social service. In her early career, she worked at Travelers Aid International, Girls Inc, and Legal Momentum. Brannigan Kelly also produced PBS’ To The Contrary, a weekly news program. She covered a wide range of issues including state and federal legislation, business, education, health, and the environment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frick
Charles William 'Bill' Frick (born December 30, 1974) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. From 2007 to 2018, he was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 16, which includes parts of Bethesda, Friendship Heights, and Somerset. Background Frick was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He later attended Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, earning a B.A. in political science & history, and in 2000 graduated from Harvard Law School with his Juris Doctor degree. Prior to his appointment to the House of Delegates, Frick served in volunteer positions in the local Democratic Party, including as Vice President of the District 16 Democratic Club and a member of the Montgomery County Young Democrats, and also served as chair of Montgomery County's Pedestrian Advisory Committee. He is married and has two children. Political career In 2007, Frick was appointed to the Maryland House of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal Momentum
Legal Momentum, founded in 1970, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the nation's first and longest-serving legal advocacy group for women in the United States. Betty Friedan and Muriel Fox were its co-founders and Muriel Fox is an ongoing leader of the organization. Carol Baldwin Moody became President and CEO in April 2018. The organization, founded as the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, became Legal Momentum in 2004. Legal Momentum is a multi-issue organization dedicated to advancing women’s rights and gender equality, particularly in the areas of equal education opportunities; fairness in the courts; ending all forms of gender-based violence; workplace equality and economic empowerment. The organization employs three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and educational initiatives. It is headquartered in New York City. Major initiatives and involvement * Wins ''Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.'' (marital status discrimination and sex discrimination), 1970. * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Bethesda, Maryland
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Democratic Party Members Of The Maryland House Of Delegates
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21st-century American Women Politicians
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21st-century American Politicians
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1976 Births
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Information Network
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Kate Orman
Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Orman was born in Sydney, but grew up in Canberra and Melbourne and spent two years living in the United States. She earned a degree in biology at Sydney University before becoming a professional author. She is a self-described "liberal feminist". She is married to American writer Jonathan Blum, whom she met through ''Doctor Who'' fandom. Writing Orman penned many spin-off novels from ''Doctor Who'' for Virgin Publishing, BBC Books and Telos Publishing, the first non-British and first female author to do so. Several of her later ''Doctor Who'' works were in collaboration with her husband. She has also collaborated with Paul Cornell: Orman and Cornell co-plotted ''Human Nature'', written by Cornell, and ''Return of the Living Dad'', written by Orman. More recent ''Doctor Who'' and rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Blum (writer, Born 1972)
Jonathan Blum (born May 1972) is an American writer most known for his work for various ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs, usually with his wife Kate Orman although he has also been published on his own. He lives in Australia, where he moved after meeting and falling in love with Orman on the '' Doctor Who'' newsgroup rec.arts.drwho (RADW). Personal life Blum grew up in Maryland and attended University of Maryland, College Park. He is a member of Alpha Phi Omega co-ed service fraternity. Work Blum started out as a fan of the BBC Television series '' Doctor Who'', and in particular the spin-off range of novels the ''New Adventures'', and was mostly known for his discussions of the program and its spin-offs on RADW, and also for writing and starring in several fan films such as ''Time Rift'', in which he impersonated Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. Blum has joked that he slept his way into the Doctor Who range—his first credited professional work was the BBC Books' Eighth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Brannigan
Francis L. Brannigan (October 13, 1918 – January 10, 2006) was a writer and teacher in the field of fire protection engineering. He died in his sleep at his home in Calverton, Maryland, United States, and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery. In his youth, he first enlisted and then was commissioned in the US Navy. While in the Navy, he was assigned to the Panama Canal Army-Navy-Pancanal lock project as chief of fire protection, and created a fire school there to train Navy crews in mass fire fighting tactics . Later, he served as Public Safety Liaison Officer for the US Atomic Energy Commission. As Professor and Director of the Fire Science program at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, he designed a model Fire Science program. He was also a faculty member at the National Fire Academy and at the University of Maryland's Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute. Brannigan was elected a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Frank Brannigan was the author of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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