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Mary Burns (other)
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Mary Burns (1821–1863) was an Irish partner of Friedrich Engels. Mary Burns may also refer to: * Mary Burns (soldier), soldier in the United States Civil War * Mary Burns Laird, Scottish feminist activist * Marilyn Burns (Mary Lynn Ann Burns, 1950–2014), American actress * Mary Harcourt, Viscountess Harcourt (1874–1961), born Mary Ethel Burns See also * Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum, Lakewood Township, New Jersey, USA * '' Mary Burns, Fugitive'', a 1935 film * Mary Byrne (other) Mary Byrne may refer to: * Mary Byrne (mayor) (1917–2004), mayor of Galway *Mary Byrne (singer) (born 1959), Irish singer, 2010 ''The X Factor'' UK contestant *Mary Ann Byrne (1854–1894), Irish nationalist * Mary Elizabeth Byrne (1880–1931), I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Burns
Mary Burns (29 September 1821 – 7 January 1863)Whitfield, Roy (1988) ''Friedrich Engels in Manchester'', Working Class Movement Library, was a working-class Irish woman, best known as the lifelong partner of Friedrich Engels. Burns lived in Salford, England. She met Engels during his first stay in Manchester, probably early in 1843. It is likely that Burns guided Engels through the region, showing him the worst districts of Salford and Manchester for his research for ''The Condition of the Working Class in England''.Irving, Sarah. (2010-03-15Frederick Engels and Mary and Lizzy Burns , Manchester's Radical History Radicalmanchester.wordpress.com. Retrieved on 2014-02-20. Mary Burns was the daughter of Michael Burns or Byrne, a dyer in a cotton mill, and of Mary Conroy. The family may have lived off Deansgate. She had a younger sister named Lydia (1827–1878), known as “Lizzie", and a niece named Mary Ellen Burns (born 1859), known as "Pumps". After meeting in the 1840s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Burns (soldier)
Mary Burns or John Burns was an American woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight in the American Civil War. She enlisted in the 7th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in order not to be parted from her lover, who was in the same regiment. Her sex was discovered ten days after being recognized by an acquaintance, before her company had left Detroit. She was arrested in uniform, held in the city jail, charged with masquerading as a man, and sent home. The account of the incident in the Detroit ''Advertiser and Tribune'' (February 25, 1863) described the defendant as "a very pretty woman".Cited in ''Michigan Women in the Civil War''. Michigan, 1963. p. 33. See also * List of female American Civil War soldiers References Female wartime cross-dressers in the American Civil War Michigan Brigade Year of birth missing Year of death missing Women soldiers 19th-century American women Military personnel from Michigan {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Burns Laird
Mary Laird ( Burns; died 1944) was a founding member and first President of the Glasgow Women's Housing Association, a President of the Partick Branch of the Women's Labour League, associated with the Red Clydeside movement, and supported the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915 alongside Mary Barbour, Agnes Dollan, Mary Jeff and Helen Crawfurd. Laird went on to participate in wider social activism for women and children's rights. Biography Mary Burns Laird was born in 1864 to Margaret Walker and Hugh Burns, who were both born in Ireland. In 1884, she married John Laird, who was a ship builder's clerk. The wedding took place in Kinning Park, Glasgow. Laird was a sewing machinist. Her father, Hugh was a Deputy Harbourmaster at the time of her marriage. In the 1891 and 1901 censuses the family lived at Edward Street, Barony and in the 1911 census at Blantyre Road, Anderston. According to the 1911 census entry Laird and her husband, John had had six children, two of whom were still li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Burns
Marilyn Burns (born Mary Lynn Ann Burns; May 7, 1949 – August 5, 2014) was an American actress. Burns was known for playing Sally Hardesty in ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974), which established her as a scream queen and a catalyst of the final girl trope. She reprised the role with a cameo in '' Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'' (1995), and played Verna Carson in ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'' (2013), the latter being her last appearance in the ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' franchise. In 2009, she was inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame at the Phoenix Film Festival. While in college, Burns made her film debut as a tour guide in Robert Altman's experimental comedy film ''Brewster McCloud'' (1970). She played Linda Kasabian in the Emmy-nominated miniseries '' Helter Skelter'' (1976) and thereafter sporadically worked in acting, notably portraying Faye in Tobe Hooper's ''Eaten Alive'' (1977) and Dorothy Grim in ''Future-Kill'' (1985). Her final works include appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Harcourt, Viscountess Harcourt
Mary Ethel Harcourt, Viscountess Harcourt GBE ( Burns; 26 August 1874 – 7 January 1961) was an American-born British aristocrat and philanthropist. Early life Mary Ethel was born on 26 August 1874 in Paris, France. She was a daughter of American banker Walter Hayes Burns (1838–1897) and his wife, Mary Lyman (née Morgan) Burns (1844–1919), who lived at 69 Brook Street in Grosvenor Square, London and North Mymms Park in the English county of Hertfordshire. She had two older siblings, William Burns, who died young, and American-born British art collector Walter Spencer Morgan Burns (lord of the Manor of North Mymms, who in 1907 married Ruth Evelyn Cavendish-Bentinck, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (née Livingston) Cavendish-Bentinck). A member of the American Morgan family banking dynasty, her mother was a sister of banker J. Pierpont Morgan, both children of Junius Spencer Morgan and Juliet (née Pierpont) Morgan (daughter of poet John Pierpont). Her paternal grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum
The Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum, on the campus of Georgian Court University, in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, United States, was once the landscaped park for the winter home of George Jay Gould, millionaire son of railroad tycoon Jay Gould. History In 1896, architect Bruce Price was hired to transform the land into the replica of a Georgian country house. Since the sandy soils of the New Jersey Pine Barrens were not suitable for cultivating exotic plants, 5,000 cartloads of fine loam were brought to Georgian Court from neighboring Monmouth County. Bruce Price designed three of the four major gardens: the Italian Garden, the Sunken Garden, and the Formal Garden. Takeo Shiota designed the Japanese Garden. Today's arboretum, established in 1989, is named after Sister Mary Grace Burns, former professor of biology, and comprises the entire campus of 62 ha (155 acres). In addition to many exotic species, the arboretum features a good collection of native plants of the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Burns, Fugitive
''Mary Burns, Fugitive'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by William K. Howard. Sylvia Sidney plays a small-town coffee-shop owner who falls for a gangster, ends up in prison and then released in a scheme to trap him. Plot Mary Burns (Sylvia Sidney) runs a small roadside coffee shop near a rural town. She's desperately in love with 'Babe' Wilson (Alan Baxter), a young man who has fallen in love with Mary after coming to her coffee shop several times. However, Mary isn't aware that Babe is a gangster wanted for robbery and murder. Babe and his partner in crime arrive at the coffee shop, and Babe tells Mary he has to go to Canada right away on “business”, but he wants them to get married immediately and go away with him. Unfortunately, Mary doesn't know that Babe's suitcase is filled with stolen loot. As they prepare to leave, the police arrive to arrest Babe, but he kills his own partner to prevent him from testifying, then he escapes and leaves Mary to be arrested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
