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Dorothy Williams (translator)
Dorothy Williams may refer to: * Dorothy Williams (activist) Dorothy Adams Williams (1928 - May 2011) was a South African educator who fought against apartheid. Adams was subject to a banning order and eventually left South Africa in exile; she worked with Albie Sachs in London. After her return to South Af ..., South African educator and anti-apartheid activist * Dorothy Williams (serial killer), American serial killer * Dar Williams (Dorothy Snowden Williams), American pop folk singer-songwriter {{hndis, Williams, Dorothy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Williams (activist)
Dorothy Adams Williams (1928 - May 2011) was a South African educator who fought against apartheid. Adams was subject to a banning order and eventually left South Africa in exile; she worked with Albie Sachs in London. After her return to South Africa with her husband, Frank Williams, they were the first mixed-race couple on their street. Biography Adams was born in Wellington in 1928. Her parents were both involved in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC). She started her education in Wellington and then moved on to the Athlone Training College in Paarl. She became a qualified teacher by age 17. Because the AMEC didn't fight apartheid, she left the church and became more political. Adams worked as a teacher and was involved in several groups, including the Teacher's League of South Africa (TLSA), Non European Unity Movement (NEUM) and the National Liberation Front (NLF). In September 1963, she was arrested while teaching at Pauw Gedenk primary school. Her students wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Williams (serial Killer)
Dorothy Williams (December 12, 1954 – December 19, 2020) was an American serial killer who killed three elderly people during robberies in Illinois between 1987 and 1990. A drug addict, Williams used the money she stole during the robberies to buy heroin. She also robbed five other elderly people. Initially sentenced to death, her death sentence was commuted to life in prison without parole in 2003 when everyone on death row in Illinois had their sentences commuted by Governor George Ryan over his growing concerns with capital punishment in the state. Williams died in custody on December 19, 2020, at the age of 66, one week after her birthday. She had been serving her sentence at Logan Correctional Center. Williams strangled 79-year-old Lonnie Laws on December 5, 1987, stabbed 64-year-old Caesar Zurell to death in 1988, and strangled 97-year-old Mary Harris to death on July 25, 1989. References in popular culture Williams's story was featured on the Investigation Discovery pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |