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Amy Hughes (other)
Amy Hughes can refer to: * Amy Hughes (administrator), British nursing administrator *Amy Hughes (artist), British contemporary artist *Amy Hughes (runner) Amy Hughes (born 1987) is a British marathon runner. In 2014-15, Hughes claimed to have completed 53 marathons in 53 days, after which she claimed to have broken the Guinness World Record. However, her record claim was rejected by the organisat ..., British marathon runner * Amy Hughes, woman shot by police in Tucson, Arizona, leading to US Supreme Court case '' Kisela v. Hughes'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Hughes (administrator)
Amy Sarah Hughes (24 February 1856 – 6 September 1923) was a British nursing administrator. She is credited with being the first School Nurse. She led the Queen's Nursing Institute for twelve years and she was president of the Midwives Association. Life Hughes was brought up in County Durham. Her father was the vicar at Holy Trinity Church, Darlington. In 1892 she was working in Bloomsbury Square as the superintendent of Queen's Nurses. When she was asked to visit a local elementary school to advise about nutrition. Hughes was surprised to find that the students were suffering with minor ailments that were contributing to school days lost to sickness. Hughes arranged for Queen's nurses to visit schools. She is credited with being the first School Nurse in the UK. In 1901 she was sent to the Congress of Nurses in Buffalo, New York. In 1902 she started work at the Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses that had been founded fifteen years before. The organisation (now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Hughes (artist)
Amy Hughes (born 1992), also known as Amy V. Hughes, is a British-born New York City-based contemporary painter. She is best known for the portrait painting of her late grandfather and for her feminist take on the relationships between body and mind. As of 2018, she teaches painting at the New York Academy of Art, a private graduate art school, and works out of her studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Hughes has been recognised for her efforts towards advancing the status of women artists and promoting equality. Early life and education Hughes was born in Leicester and was raised in Cheshire, United Kingdom and Moscow, Russia. At a young age her artistic abilities were identified and nurtured by her professors. At the age of sixteen, Hughes won the Cransley School Award for Art. Hughes studied at Sir John Deane's College, followed by Liverpool Hope University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art. At her graduate show in 2013, she was awarded the “Purchase Prize A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Hughes (runner)
Amy Hughes (born 1987) is a British marathon runner. In 2014-15, Hughes claimed to have completed 53 marathons in 53 days, after which she claimed to have broken the Guinness World Record. However, her record claim was rejected by the organisation, as their requirements at the time asked for claimants to have run the marathons in official races. In 2017, Hughes claimed to have broken the 7 day treadmill world record, by running over seven days at the Trafford Centre. Her record claim was rejected as implausible for a non-elite runner, and it also lacked independent verification. Marathon running Background After her friends' child developed a medulloblastoma, Hughes decided that she wanted to break the marathon running record in order to raise money for the Isabelle Lottie Foundation, which "raises awareness about the importance of diagnosing brain tumors early in children". She was also inspired by Larry Macon, who ran across all 50 U.S. states, desiring to run in all the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |