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Mary Adams (curler)
Mary Adams may refer to: * Mary Adams (activist) (born 1938), American tax activist who led the repeal of Maine's statewide property tax and efforts to enact a Taxpayer Bill of Rights * Mary Adams (actress) (1910–1973), American actress * Mary Adams (broadcaster) (1898–1984), English administrator who helped to develop the BBC's television service in the 1950s * Mary Adams (codebreaker) (1922–2010), Scottish interceptor for Bletchley Park during World War II * Mary Adams (educator) (1823–1898), Canadian women's education reformer * Mary Adams (politician) (born 1952), American member of the North Dakota House of Representatives * Mary Anne Adams (born 1954), African American lesbian activist, social worker, and public health researcher * Mary Ann Adams, aka Kudnarto (c. 1832–1855), Aboriginal Australian landowner who was the first Aboriginal woman to legally marry a colonist in South Australia * Mary Mathews Adams (1840–1902), Irish poet * Mary Jane Adams (1840–1902), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Adams (activist)
Mary G. Adams (born 1938) is an American tax activist from Maine. Adams successfully led the effort to repeal Maine's statewide property tax in the mid-1970s. She led a failed 2006 referendum effort to enact a Taxpayer Bill of Rights in the state. In the mid-1970s, Adams challenged Maine's educational establishment and through her grass roots "Freedom Fighters" successfully repealed Maine's statewide property tax and prevented the state from reducing local control of public schools in Maine. In 1994, Adams unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Maine. She sought the Maine Republican Party's nomination, finishing in 6th of 8 places. Susan Collins won the nomination. In both 1996 and 1997, Adams and her "Common Sense" grass roots effort defeated a citizens' initiative to expand the regulation of private forest land in Maine. Adams was appointed to the Maine State Board of Education by Maine's first independent Governor, James B. Longley James Bernard Longley Sr. (April 22, 1924 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jane Adams
Mary Mathews Adams (previously, Mary Mathews Smith and Mary Mathews Barnes; October 23, 1840 – December 11, 1902) was an Irish-born American writer and philanthropist. The author of thirty or more hymns, it was her Shakespearian study in which she won repute. She became wealthy after marrying Alfred Smith Barnes and distributed numerous Benefactor (law), benefactions. Early life and education Mary Jane Mathews was born in Granard, County Longford, Ireland, October 23, 1840. She was the oldest child of John Mathews (d. Staten Island, April 1, 1869), a Protestant. Her mother, a Catholic, was Anna (Reilly) Mathews (d. Brooklyn, ca. 1850). All of the children —Mary Jane, Robert, Anna, John, and Virginia Scott (born in New York City)— were reared in the Catholic Church but all save the youngest left the church early in life. Emigrating to the United States about 1846, when Adams was six years old, the family grew up in Brooklyn. When she was 12 or 13 years of age, Adams became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williana Burroughs
Williana "Liana" Jones Burroughs (January 2, 1882 – December 24, 1945) was an American teacher, communist political activist, and politician. She is best remembered as one of the first women to run for elective office in New York. Biography Early years Williana Jones, known to family and friends as "Liane," was born on January 2, 1882, in Petersburg, Virginia.Philip Sterling, "Williana J. Burroughs: Ousted from New York Public School System, Now Communist Candidate for Comptroller," ''The Daily Worker,'' vol. 10, no. 232 (September 27, 1933), p. 5. Her mother had formerly been a slave for 16 years, her father died when Williana was just four years old. Her widowed mother left Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ... for New York City, bringing Williana toget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hall Adams
Mary Hall Adams (, Barrett; September 16, 1816 – December 8, 1860) was a 19th-century American book editor and letter writer. Her writing include: ''Sabbath School annual for 1846-'', ''Never give up, or, How children may be happy'', and ''The Rainbow and Other Stories: A Juvenile Gift''. Adams died in 1860. Early years and education Mary Hall Barrett was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on September 16, 1816, the daughter of William and Mary Barrett. Her mother worked among the poor of Malden. Her father, owner of the Malden Dye-House, believed in the principles of Christian Universalism. Her parents exemplified those principles at home and abroad. Rev. Dr. Sylvanus Cobb said: "When we commenced our pastoral charge at Malden, Mary Barrett was a girl of 12. Though her father was wealthy, and her associates were of the first class socially, she was ever modest and affable in her manners towards all. There was a combination of intellectuality and benevolence in her expression, and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Rose Columba Adams
Mary Rose Columba Adams (21 March 1832 — 30 December 1891), born Sophia Charlotte Louisa Adams, was an English Roman Catholic Dominican prioress, recognized as a founder of St Dominic's Priory and the Church of Perpetual Adoration in North Adelaide, Australia. Early life Adams was born to Anglican parents, James Smith Adams and the former Emma Elizabeth McTaggart, in Woodchester, Gloucestershire. Her parents met and married in India. Her mother died in 1843, and her father in 1860. At age 19 Sophia Adams converted to Roman Catholicism against family disapproval. She entered the Dominican convent at Stone in Staffordshire in 1856, as a postulant, and took her religious name "Rose Columba" upon profession in May 1857. Career As a young religious sister she taught at schools in Stone. In 1860, Sister Rose Columba became vicaress in the community at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Stoke-upon-Trent. She was appointed vicaress (later prioress) at St Mary's Church in Tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Newbury Adams
Mary Newbury Adams (October 17, 1837 – August 5, 1901) was an American women's suffragist and education advocate. She was a major social and political activist, and she helped found the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs and the Northern Iowa Suffrage Association. Adams was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1981. Early life Mary Newbury Adams was born in Peru, Indiana on October 17, 1837 to abolitionist missionaries Mary Ann Sergeant and Samuel Newbury. Her father was a Presbyterian minister and a supporter of co-education for men and women. Because her father held views of equal education for women and men, she received education beyond elementary school years. Her parents were strong abolitionists, and their family was forced to move several times in search of a congregation with like-minded views. In her youth, Adams lived in Peru, Indiana, White Pigeon, Michigan, Cleveland, Ohio, and Jackson, Michigan. In Cleveland, Adams studied under the educator E.E. Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kawennatakie Adams
Mary Kawennatakie Adams (January 24, 1917 – May 23, 1999) was an Akwesasronon textile artist and basket maker. Background Adams, a hereditary member of the Mohawk wolf clan, was born on Cornwall Island at Akwesasne on the Mohawk Nation, which straddles the New York/Canadian border. Career Her Mohawk name Kawennatakie means "approaching voice." She had no formal education after age 16 and did not learn English until well into adulthood. The Ontario, Canada-born artist's childhood was spent close to her mother and grandmother. At the age of 6, Adams learned from her mother how to process black ash splints and sweetgrass and weave baskets. When she was 10 years old, her mother died, and her father left the reserve to seek employment as an iron worker. Initially, she was locally trading her baskets for needed food and other items, but later learned that trading the baskets for cigarettes and then selling the cigarettes brought in more money. In this way she was able to sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kay Adams
Mary Kay Adams (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress known for her roles in television. In a career that spanned from the mid-1980s to 2000, she had several roles on daytime television. Her most high profile role was as jet-setting India von Halkein on ''Guiding Light''. She also played Na'Toth in the second season of the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5''. Adams grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey and graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1979. She attended Emerson College, where she was a sister of Sigma Pi Theta and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Other appearances include '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Grilka, in the episodes "The House of Quark" and "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places". Theatrical credits include a seven-month run in the play '' Tamara'' and later appeared in the off-Broadway production ''Program for Murder''. Filmography Films *''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984) (uncredited) *''See No Evil, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Mathews Adams
Mary Mathews Adams (previously, Mary Mathews Smith and Mary Mathews Barnes; October 23, 1840 – December 11, 1902) was an Irish-born American writer and philanthropist. The author of thirty or more hymns, it was her Shakespearian study in which she won repute. She became wealthy after marrying Alfred Smith Barnes and distributed numerous benefactions. Early life and education Mary Jane Mathews was born in Granard, County Longford, Ireland, October 23, 1840. She was the oldest child of John Mathews (d. Staten Island, April 1, 1869), a Protestant. Her mother, a Catholic, was Anna (Reilly) Mathews (d. Brooklyn, ca. 1850). All of the children —Mary Jane, Robert, Anna, John, and Virginia Scott (born in New York City)— were reared in the Catholic Church but all save the youngest left the church early in life. Emigrating to the United States about 1846, when Adams was six years old, the family grew up in Brooklyn. When she was 12 or 13 years of age, Adams became a student at Packe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Adams (actress)
Mary Marguerite Adams aka June Mary Adams (1910–1973) was an American actress. She is best known as a television character actor from the 1950s. She was a regular, usually cast as a dowdy nurse or wife, and is best remembered as the day nurse in ''The Twilight Zone'': "Twenty Two". Life She was born on June 27, 1910 in Ogden, Utah. She began acting late in life (38) but was a popular choice in supporting roles throughout the 1950s to the degree that she could be called a "familiar face". Her career faded in the early 1960s. She died on November 30, 1973 in Los Angeles. She is buried in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. Career Television *'' Stars Over Hollywood'': "The Ageless" (1951) *''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' (1951/2) *'' Craig Kennedy, Criminologist'' (three episodes, 1952) various roles *''Life With Father'' (pilot episode 1953) *''I Led 3 Lives'' (1953) as Mrs Ives *''Big Town'' (1955) *'' The Father Who Had No Sons'' (TV movie, 1955) *'' Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudnarto
Wellington Square, also known as Kudnartu (and formerly Kudnarto), is a public square in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Adelaide. It is roughly at the centre of the largest of the three grids which comprise North Adelaide. It is one of six squares designed by the founder of Adelaide, Colonel William Light, who was Surveyor-General at the time, in his 1837 plan of the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide. The square was named in 1837 by the Street Naming Committee after the Duke of Wellington, and in 2003 it was assigned a second name, Kudnartu, in the Kaurna language of the original inhabitants, as part of the Adelaide City Council's dual naming initiative. Kudnartu was a Kaurna woman from the Clare District. Hers was the first official Aboriginal/settler marriage in South Australia. History Pre-colonial history The Adelaide area was inhabited long before European settlement in 1836 by one of the tribes which later came to be know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Anne Adams
Mary Anne Adams, MSW, (born September 25, 1954) is an African American lesbian activist, social worker, and public health researcher who has focused on the health disparities within the lesbian and Black community. She also works at Georgia State University as the Director of the Community Engagement Core. Adams is most known for being the founder of ZAMI NOBLA (National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging), an organization that provides resources to aid the coming-of-age process for Black lesbians over the age of 40. Early life Adams was born on September 25, 1954, as the second oldest of 10 children in Oxford, Mississippi, specifically Freeman's Town, just soon after the start of the United States Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation, Racial discrimination .... As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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