Mary Gordon (other)

	Mary Gordon (other) Mary Gordon may refer to: Mary Gordon (prison inspector) (born 1861, British physician and prison inspector) Mary Gordon (writer) (born 1949), American author * Mary Gordon (actress) (1882–1963), Scottish actress of the 1920s–50s who appeared in nearly 300 films Mary Gordon (child advocate) (born 1947), Canadian social entrepreneur, author, and child advocate Mary Gordon Ellis (1889–1934), educator and politician from South Carolina See also Mary Gordon-Watson Mary Gordon-Watson (born 3 April 1948) is a British equestrian. She was born in Blandford. She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capit ... (born 1948), British equestrian {{hndis, Gordon, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mary Gordon (prison Inspector) Mary Louisa Gordon (15 August 1861 − 5 May 1941) was a British physician, prison inspector and author. After graduating from the London School of Medicine for Women in 1890, Gordon worked at the East London Hospital for Children, the Evelina London Children's Hospital, and later had a private practice in Harley Street. While working as a physician, she made a number of public addresses and wrote publications on topics including the effects of prostitution and alcohol dependence on women. Gordon was appointed as the first British female prison inspector in 1908. During her time as prison inspector, she enacted a number of improvements including on prison work allocation. She also supported the British suffragette movement, and secretly communicated with the Women's Social and Political Union about conditions in prisons. After retirement in 1921, she wrote the book ''Penal Discipline'' (1922), which advocated for reforms to the prison system, and the historical novel ''Chase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mary Gordon (writer) Mary Catherine Gordon (born December 8, 1949) is an American writer from Queens and Valley Stream, New York. She is the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. She is best known for her novels, memoirs and literary criticism. In 2008, she was named Official State Author of New York. Early life and education Mary Gordon was born in Far Rockaway, New York,William H. Pritchard">William H. Pritchard, "The Cave of Memory" ''The New York Times'', 26 May 1996; accessed 10 Aug 2018 After being widowed, her mother Anna and Mary moved to live with her maternal grandmother, who was Irish Catholic, in Valley Stream, near Queens. Her mother worked as a secretary to support them. Gordon had a very Catholic childhood. She attended Holy Name of Mary School in Valley Stream, New York">Valley Stream and The Mary Louis Academy for high school in Jamaica, Queens, Jamaica, New York. Although her mother and her family wanted Gordon to go to a Catholic college, Gordon was awarded a scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mary Gordon (actress) Mary Gordon (born Mary Gilmour; 16 May 1882 – 23 August 1963) was a Scottish actress who mainly played housekeepers and mothers, most notably the landlady Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies of the 1940s starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Her body of work included nearly 300 films between 1925 and 1950. Early life Gordon was born on 16 May 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland, the fifth of seven children of Mary and Robert Gilmour, a wire weaver. She worked as a dressmaker before finding work on the stage. She became a concert singer when she was 17 years old, but she left that career behind when she married. After her husband died during World War I she opened a boarding house to support her mother, her baby daughter, and herself. Joining a company bound for an American tour, she came to the U.S. in her twenties, apparently making a few appearances on Broadway in small roles, but primarily touring in stock companies. Gordon came to the United States with her mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mary Gordon (child Advocate) Mary Gordon (born 13 October 1947) is a Canadian educator, social entrepreneur, child advocate and parenting expert. She is the founder and president of both Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy, non-profit evidence-based programs dedicated to promoting emotional literacy and empathy among children. Biography Gordon grew up in Newfoundland, but later moved to Toronto, Ontario. In her early career, she was a kindergarten teacher. In 1981, she founded Canada's first school-based Parenting and Family Literacy centres, which have become public policy in Ontario and are being used as a model for similar programs internationally. In 1996, she founded Roots of Empathy, a classroom-based program for children in elementary school, and in 2005 she founded Seeds of Empathy, a related program for younger children in early childhood settings. Selected works Gordon's 2005 Canadian non-fiction bestseller, ''Roots of Empathy: Changing the World Child by Child'', concerns child development and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mary Gordon Ellis Mary Gordon Ellis (April 21, 1889 – September 9, 1934) was an educator and politician from South Carolina. She became the first woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature with her election to the South Carolina State Senate in 1928. Life Mary Gordon was born to Alexander M. Gordon and Mary Gamble Gordon, Sr. in the small community of Gourdin, near Kingstree; of Scotch-Irish descent, she was one of ten children. When she was small, the family moved into Kingstree, where she grew up, graduating from Kingstree High School in 1909. Already as a child she evinced interest in politics, hanging around the steps of the county courthouse while listening to legal discussions, and sometimes sneaking inside to watch the court proceedings. Upon graduating from high school Ellis taught locally for one year before heading to Winthrop College in Rock Hill for further study. There she graduated in 1913 after working part-time to pay for her education, which was also funded with scholarship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]