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Patricia Ford (other)
Patricia Ford may refer to: *Patricia Ford (politician) (1921–1995), Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland * Patricia A. Ford (born 1955), American physician See also *Patricia Forde Patricia Forde (born ) was former Director of the Galway Arts Festival and an Irish children's author. Forde was raised in Market Street, Galway, a fluent Irish speaker. She became a member of An Taibhdhearc at age ten, both acting and dire ... (born c. 1960), former director of the Galway Arts Festival and children's author * Pat Ford (other) {{Hndis, Ford, Patricia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Ford (politician)
Patricia Ford, Lady Fisher ( Smiles; 5 April 1921 – 23 May 1995), was briefly an Ulster Unionist Party politician in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. She was the first woman Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland, and the second woman to be returned to a seat in Westminster from a constituency on the island of Ireland (the first to take her seat). Early life She was born at Donaghadee, County Down, and educated at Bangor Collegiate School, Glendower Preparatory School, London, and abroad. Her father was Ulster Unionist MP Sir Walter D. Smiles and her mother, Margaret Heigway. Career Ford returned from living in Cheshire upon her father's death in the disaster in January 1953 and was returned unopposed to Parliament from his North Down constituency. In her maiden speech to the House she was required to apologise for an article she had written in the ''Sunday Express'' in which she mentioned that Bessie Braddock and Edith Summerskill had been snoring whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia A
Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word ''patrician'', meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. Another well-known variant of this is "Patrice". According to the US Social Security Administration records, the use of the name for newborns peaked at #3 from 1937 to 1943 in the United States, after which it dropped in popularity, sliding to #745 in 2016.Popularity of a NameSocial Security Administration''ssa.gov'', accessed June 26, 2017 From 1928 to 1967, the name was ranked among the top 11 female names. In Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Latin-American countries, the name Patrícia/Patricia is common as well, pronounced . In Catalan and Portuguese it is written Patrícia, while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced . In Polish, the variant is Patrycja. It is also used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Forde
Patricia Forde (born ) was former Director of the Galway Arts Festival and an Irish children's author. Forde was raised in Market Street, Galway, a fluent Irish speaker. She became a member of An Taibhdhearc at age ten, both acting and directing its plays over the following ten years. She spent ten years as a primary school teacher, and was one of the early members of Macnas. Macnas co-founder, Pádraic Breathnach, encouraged her work on stories for Macnas's street performances. While working with Macnas she took a year's leave from teaching to write her first book, ''Tír faoi Thoinn''. However, an opportunity to become Director of the Galway Arts Festival (proposed by Ollie Jennings in 1990) meant that she never returned to teaching. She left in 1995, subsequently working in ''Ros na Rún'', ''Aifric'' and RTÉ soap ''Fair City''. Forde's other work has included a creative programme for children at the festival, which developed into thBaboró International Arts Festival f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |