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Mary Edwards (other)
Mary Edwards may refer to: * Mary Ann Edwards (1931–2021), American actress *Mary Cornelia Edwards, British wife of George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry *Mary Edwards (1705–1743), William Hogarth's friend and patron *Mary Edwards Walker (1832–1919), American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, surgeon, and Medal of Honor recipient *Mary Edwards Wertsch (born 1951), née Mary Edwards, author *Mary Edwards Bryan (1846–1913), née Mary Edwards, American journalist and author *Mary Youngblood (born 1958), née Mary Edwards, flutist *Mary Edwards (human computer) (c. 1750 – 1815), for the British Nautical Almanac *Mary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988), née Mary Edwards, Australian painter and carver *Mary Ellen Edwards (1838–1934), English artist and illustrator *Mary Stella Edwards (1893–1989), English painter * Mary Edwards (murder victim), murder victim and schoolteacher from Beaumont, Texas *Mary Ruth Edwards, candidate in the United States House of Representat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Edwards
Mary Ann Edwards (December 27, 1931 - July 31, 2021) was an American actress. Early years Edwards was born on December 27, 1931, in Georgetown Texas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Edwards. During her high school years, she was a rodeo queen and a majorette. After graduating from Georgetown High School, she attended the University of Texas (UT), majoring in drama and acting in theatrical productions. She also graduated from a modeling school and worked as a model for photographers and fashion shows. In 1952, judges in a contest sponsored by ''Modern Screen Magazine'' selected her as one of 10 winners in a year-long national contest. She and the other young women were supposed to make their film debuts together in ''Size 12'', an RKO production, but the studio postponed production of the film, enabling her to continue her studies. Back at UT, she acted primarily on radio and won the university's Radio House Best Actress Award. Career In 1953, Edwards was one of six young wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess Of Londonderry
George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, KP (26 April 1821 – 6 November 1884), styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was a British aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician. Background and education Born George Vane, he was the second son of Charles Vane, 1st Baron Stewart, but his eldest son by his second wife, the former Frances Vane-Tempest, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet. His father, born Charles Stewart, was the second surviving son of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry, and had changed his surname in 1819 on marrying his second wife. The eldest surviving son of the 1st Marquess, and therefore George Vane's uncle, was the statesman Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, who had succeeded as 2nd Marquess only 20 days before George's birth. The 2nd Marquess died the next year, and George's father succeeded as 3rd Marquess; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Edwards (1705–1743)
Mary Edwards of Kensington (1704 – 23 August 1743) was an English heiress and art patron who was said to be the richest woman in England. She reportedly married but later tried to remove any evidence of the ceremony. She lived with Lord Anne Hamilton for several years and they had a child, but he married again, without a divorce. Life Edwards was probably born in London in about 1704 or 1705. Her mother came from the Dutch family who had drained the fens and her father, Francis Edwards (''d''. 1729), a member of the landed gentry, owned lands in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, London & Middlesex, Essex, Hertfordshire and Kent and he had shares in the New River Company in Islington. Her father died in 1729 and as there was no will then his riches would be left to his widow and her mother Anna Margaretta Vernatti. However her mother renounced her claim and passed on the estate to Mary. Her fortune at the age of about 23 was estimated to be between £50,000 and £60,000 (about  ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Edwards Walker
Mary Edwards Walker, M.D. (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor. In 1855, she earned her medical degree at Syracuse Medical College in New York, married and started a medical practice. She attempted to join the Union Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War and was denied. She served as a surgeon at a temporary hospital in Washington, D.C. before being hired by Union Forces and assigned to Army of the Cumberland and later the 52nd Ohio Infantry, becoming the first female surgeon in the US Army. She was captured by Confederate forces after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians and arrested as a spy. She was sent as a prisoner of war to Richmond, Virginia until released in a prisoner exchange. After the war, she was approved for the Medal of Honor, for her efforts to treat the wound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Edwards Wertsch
Mary Edwards Wertsch (born Mary Brightwell Edwards on July 23, 1951) is an author, journalist, independent publisher, and expert on the subculture of American military brats. She wrote the book ''Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress''. This book is considered the seminal piece of literature dealing with the effects of growing up as a military brat. In writing the book, Wertsch, a reporter by training, interviewed over 80 military brats and documented the patterns she found in the ways military children are raised, and the ways they continue to be affected, both positively and negatively, well into adulthood. Early life Born into a career Army family, Mary Brightwell Edwards, as she was then named, lived in 20 houses and attended 12 schools by the time she was 18. She has one brother, David, born in 1940. Their father. David Lincoln Edwards (USMA, 1936), took the family overseas on assignments to West Germany in the early 1950s and to France in the early 1960s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Edwards Bryan
Mary Edwards Bryan (May 18, 1838 – June 15, 1913) was an American journalist and author from the Southern United States. Bryan was born in Lloyd, Florida in 1838 to Major John D. Edwards, a plantation owner, and Louisa Crutchfield (Houghton) Edwards.James, Edward T. et al., edsNotable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. I p. 264-65 (1971)() On January 10, 1854, age 15,Mahoney, Caroline SGreat-Grand-Mothers In Atlanta Journalism ''National Magazine'', Vol. XVII, No. 3, December 1902, p.386-87 she eloped and was married to Iredell E. Bryan. Prior to 1858 she had poems and a story published by a small newspaper, and by 1859 became literary editor of the ''Georgia Literary and Temperance Crusader'', where she stayed for about a year.Rutherford, Mildred LewisThe South in history and literature: a hand-book of southern authors p.242-43 (1906)Davidson, James WoodThe living writers of the South p.71-76 (1869) After moving to Clarkston, Georgia in 1874 she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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