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Mary Johnson (activist)
Mary Johnson may refer to: * Mary Johnson (first lady) (c. 1830–1887), first lady of California. * Mary Johnson (actress) (1896–1975), Swedish silent film performer * Mary Johnson (singer) (1898–1983), African American lowdown blues singer * Mary Johnson Lowe (1924–1999), née Mary Johnson, American jurist * Mary Johnson Stover (1832–1883), née Mary Johnson, daughter of U.S. President Andrew Johnson * Mary Johnson (cricketer) (born 1924), English cricketer * Mary Lea Johnson (1926–1990), American theatrical producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist * Mary Johnson, American advocate for disability rights; founded '' Ragged Edge'' magazine * Mary Johnson (writer) (born 1958), American writer and Director of ''A Room of Her Own Foundation'' * Mary Johnson (politician), member of the North Dakota House of Representatives * Mary C. Johnson, one of the first three women to practice law in Georgia * Mary Coffin Johnson (1834–1928), American activist and writer See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson (first Lady)
Mary Johnson (née Zabriskie; ''c.'' 1830 - 26 June 1887) was the 4th First Lady of California, wife of J. Neely Johnson, Governor from 1856 to 1858. Life Born Mary Zabriskie to James C. Zabriskie and Elizabeth W. Mann around 1830 in New Jersey. The family moved to California in 1849. They settled in Sacramento where James practiced law. Mary married Colonel J. Neely Johnson on 26 June 1851. They had two children William and Bessie. J. Neely Johnson and Mary had the first gubernatorial inaugural ball in California, in 1856. Mary was prominent in Sacramento society. In 1859, they moved to Carson City Carson City is an Independent city (United States), independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the List of cities in Nevada, sixth largest ..., Nevada Territory, where J. Neely ran the Bowers Mine. After her husband's death Mary married Colonel Sylvester H. Day. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson (actress)
Mary Johnson (born Astrid Maria Carlsson; 11 May 1896 – 15 May 1975) was a Swedish film actress of the silent era. Biography Astrid Maria Carlsson was born in Fors parish, Södermanland, Sweden. She debuted in the 1910s in the theater company of director Karin Swanström (1873–1942). In 1914, together with her first husband Karl Gerhard Johnson (1891–1964), she went to the Nya Teatern in Gothenburg acting under the direction of theatre manager Hjalmar Selander (1859–1928). During the 1920s, she moved to Berlin and appeared as a leading lady in a number of German films. In 1932, she married German film actor, Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885–1955). She died at Brännkyrka and was buried in the memorial grove of Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm. Selected filmography * '' Sir Arne's Treasure'' (1919) * '' Robinson i skärgården'' (1920) * ''A Fortune Hunter'' (1921) * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' The Voice of the Heart'' (1924) * '' The Telephone Operator'' (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson (singer)
Mary Johnson (March 29, 1898 or 1900 – July 20, 1983) was an American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter. Her most noted tracks are "Dream Daddy Blues" and "Western Union Blues." She wrote several of the songs she recorded, including "Barrel House Flat Blues", "Key to the Mountain Blues" and "Black Men Blues." Johnson worked with Peetie Wheatstraw, Tampa Red, Kokomo Arnold and Roosevelt Sykes, among others. She was married to the blues musician Lonnie Johnson. Biography She was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. According to the researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc, she was probably born Mary Smith in 1898, or possibly Mary Fair in 1900; other sources give her name as Mary Williams. Prior to her recording career, Johnson relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1915, where in her teenage years she worked with several of the leading blues musicians of the time. She married Lonnie Johnson; the marriage lasted from 1925 to 1932. They had six children. She rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson Lowe
Mary Johnson Lowe (June 10, 1924 – February 27, 1999) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born in New York City, Lowe received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1951. She received a Bachelor of Laws from Brooklyn Law School in 1954. She received a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1955. She was in private practice of law in New York City from 1955 to 1971. She was a judge of the Criminal Court in New York City from 1971 to 1973. She was an Acting Supreme Court Justice of the New York County Supreme Court from 1973 to 1974. She was a judge of the Bronx County Supreme Court from 1975 to 1976. She was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New York from 1977 to 1978. Federal judicial service Lowe was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on May 10, 1978, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson Stover
Mary Johnson Stover (May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883) was a daughter of 17th U.S. President Andrew Johnson and his wife Eliza McCardle. Stover and her three children lived at the White House during the Johnson administration, as Stover's husband, a soldier in the Union Army, had died during the American Civil War and their East Tennessee homestead had been pillaged by Confederates. Stover assisted her older sister Martha Patterson as an acting First Lady of the United States. Biography Early life and first marriage Mary Johnson was born May 8, 1832, in the family home on Water Street, Greeneville, Tennessee, the third-born of the five children of Andrew and Eliza (McCardle) Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who had grown up quite poor and had received a minimal education, made a point to send his children to good schools. Mary attended Rogersville Female Institute (originally Odd Fellows Female Institute) in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee. In 1852, while her father was se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson (cricketer)
Winifred Mary Johnson (born 7 November 1924) is an English former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm pace bowler. She appeared in 10 Test matches for England between 1949 and 1954. She played domestic cricket for Yorkshire. Johnson was also a PE teacher, employed at the Arnold School for Girls in Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw .... References External links * * 1924 births Living people Cricketers from Kingston upon Hull England women Test cricketers Yorkshire women cricketers Schoolteachers from Lancashire {{England-cricket-bio-1920s-stub ta:மேரி ஜான்சன் ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lea Johnson
Mary Lea Johnson Richards (August 20, 1926 – May 3, 1990) was an American heiress, entrepreneur, and Broadway producer. She was a granddaughter of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson), and of Bermudan politician, soldier, and lawyer, Colonel Thomas Melville Dill. She was the first baby to appear on a Johnson's baby powder label. Pg. 129 "For six years, he committed incest with Mary Lea..." Pg. 126 Early life Johnson was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Her father was John Seward Johnson I, and her mother was Ruth Dill, the sister of actress Diana Dill; she was therefore ma first cousin of actor Michael Douglas. Johnson grew up with five siblings: Elaine Johnson, John Seward Johnson II, Diana Melville Johnson, Jennifer Underwood Johnson, and James Loring "Jimmy" Johnson. She was sexually abused by her father from age nine to fifteen. "She did anything that men wanted," Richards says, sadly, "because of the abuse with her father." Her parents divorced arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragged Edge
''The Disability Rag'' (also known as ''Ragged Edge'' magazine) was a periodical published between 1980 and 2004 as a subscription-based print publication, and as an online publication from 1997 to 2007. In addition to covering the disability in the United States, U. S. disability rights movement, ''The Rag'', as it was usually called, published a wide range of articles and opinion pieces from individuals with disabilities. It was considered one of the most important publications of the disability rights movement. The not-for-profit Advocado Press was incorporated in 1981 to serve as publisher of ''The Rag''. The Advocado Press also published a number of books and monographs on disability issues. Early history ''The Disability Rag's'' first issue - a 4-page bifold produced at a quick-print shop - published in January, 1980 in Louisville KY, with both news items for the local disability activism community in Louisville and a first-person account of "living like a refugee" as a pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson (writer)
Mary Johnson is a writer and director of A Room of Her Own Foundation. She worked and served with the Missionaries of Charity, the order of nuns founded by Mother Teresa, for twenty years before leaving the order. She is now a writer and a public speaker and a supporter of women's rights in the arts. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Lamar University"Former nun reads from Mother Teresa memoir" News Archive, Lamar University, October 28, 2011. and her MFA in creative writing from . Family and early life Johnson was born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Johnson (politician)
Mary C. Johnson is an American politician serving as a Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives since December 2014. She represents the 45th district alongside Tom Kading. Johnson is a Republican. Biography Johnson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She obtained an LLB and an JD from the University of North Dakota School of Law, while she also holds an Accounting, B.S. from the Minnesota State University at Moorhead. Johnson practices as a volunteer attorney and serves on the Fargo Park Board. In 2014, Johnson announced that she was running for state representative. She won the June Republican primary alongside Tom Kading. Johnson and Kading went on to win the November general election. She was sworn in as a representative on December 1, 2014 and succeeded Republican John Heilman John William Heilman is an American municipal politician and former city councilmember of West Hollywood, California. He has served in the capacity of mayor multiple times since 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary C
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam * Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. * Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement * Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Coffin Johnson
Mary Coffin Johnson (, Coffin; July 15, 1834 - August 10, 1928) was an American activist and writer. She was acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, and was a friend of Henry Ward Beecher and his wife Eunice. Biography Mary Carol Coffin was born in North Carolina, July 15, 1834. Her parents, Elijah (a banker) and Naomi Coffin, were Quakers. Rhoda Coffin was a sister-in-law. At the age of 17, on March 31, 1858, she married Eli Johnson and went to Cincinnati, Ohio, to live for 10 years. At the age of 19, Johnson had been one of a board of managers of a large philanthropic work in Cincinnati. Her leaning toward this humanitarian work, she said, was the heritage from her Quaker parents, especially her mother. In 1873, she moved to Brooklyn. The following year, Johnson served as the grand secretary and later as the vice-president of the First Woman's National Temperance Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She also became the first president of the Brooklyn WCTU, rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
