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Mary Jane Owen
Mary Jane McKeown Owen (June 8, 1929 - July 14, 2019) was a disability rights activist, philosopher, policy expert and writer who lived and worked in Washington, D.C. from 1979 - 2019. Biography Owen was born in northern Illinois to Methodist ministers and came from a long line of traditional feminists. She became involved with social justice at a young age, demonstrating against segregation with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Los Angeles, California, in 1949. After graduating from the University of New Mexico she studied at the New School for Social Research in New York City and received a master's degree in social work from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was involved in the Free Speech Movement, the People's Park confrontations and demonstrations against the Vietnam War. She became a professor in the Department of Social Work Education at San Francisco State University and chaired the United Professors of California's grievance committee in addre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington, D
Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States Washington may also refer to: Places England * Washington, Tyne and Wear, a town in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough ** Washington Old Hall, ancestral home of the family of George Washington * Washington, West Sussex, a village and civil parish Greenland * Cape Washington, Greenland * Washington Land Philippines *New Washington, Aklan, a municipality *Washington, a barangay in Catarman, Northern Samar *Washington, a barangay in Escalante, Negros Occidental *Washington, a barangay in San Jacinto, Masbate *Washington, a barangay in Surigao City United States * Washington, Wisconsin (other) * Fort Washington (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |