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Joyce Marilyn Meyer Sommers (July 20, 1927 – December 18, 1996), also known as the Christmas Tree Lady, was a formerly unidentified American woman who died by suicide in a cemetery in Annandale, Virginia, on December 18, 1996. She was identified more than 25 years later on May 11, 2022.
Summers was last seen at around 6:00 p.m. on July 4, 2007, in the area of West 96th Street and Madison Avenue. [2] Earlier that day, Summers went to a pool party at a relative’s house. After spending a few hours swimming in the pool, she decided to visit her aunt Christina, who lived within a 10-minute walking distance away from the pool.
The War Between Men and Women: Caroline Kozlenko 1977 Run for the Roses: Carol 1981 On the Right Track: Jill Klein 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman: Casey Seeger 1983 10 to Midnight: Laurie Kessler 1984 Beverly Hills Cop: Jeannette 'Jenny' Summers 1988 Deadly Intent: Laura Keaton Video Never Say Die: Melissa Jones 1989 Leviathan: Bridget Bowman ...
Geraldine "Gerri" Santoro (née Twerdy; August 16, 1935 – June 8, 1964) was an American woman who died after receiving an unsafe abortion in 1964. A police photograph of her dead body, published by Ms. in 1973, became a symbol for the abortion-rights movement in the United States .
This is a list of women on death row in the United States. The number of death row inmates fluctuates daily with new convictions , appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations , or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [ 1 ]
Women—particularly white women—were left to feel vulnerable despite their desire to gain freedom and independence through their careers. [12] One year after the murders, Janice's father penned a handbook, Career Girl, Watch Your Step!, warning career women about safety and the need to be aware and "feel threatened" as a defense. [12]
One of the women, aged between 20 and 30, was found on October 15, 1980, in Houston. She was a black female with possible Asian heritage, and had died approximately three months prior to the discovery of her body. [45] A second female was also black. This decedent was estimated to be between 16 and 26 years old.
Sommars is best known for her work on television. She made her television debut in 1960, at the age of 18, in an episode of The Loretta Young Show. [4] She later appeared in Gunsmoke; Shirley Temple's Storybook; The Great Adventure; Bonanza; Run, Buddy, Run; Perry Mason; Ben Casey; Death Valley Days; The Fugitive; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Get Smart; and Love, American Style.