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Atkins was the site of the Goldsmith Pickle Company which started producing pickled cucumbers in 1946. The town thus laid claim to be the “Pickle Capital of the World” with some 1200 acres devoted to growing cucumbers. Along the same line Atkins was the original home of the fried dill pickle, created by Bernell “Fatman” Austin. [6]
Hattie Caraway (1878–1951), first woman to serve a full term as a US senator; Davy Carter (born 1975), Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives; Francis Adams Cherry (1908–1965), governor 1953–1955; Marvin Childers (born 1961), former state representative from Mississippi County, lawyer and lobbyist for poultry industry in Little Rock
Riggs was the fifth woman executed in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. She was the first woman executed in Arkansas since 1845. [4] Her statement before execution began: "No words can express just how sorry I am for taking the lives of my babies.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States. 31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female (Christina Marie Riggs).
The Atkins Diet is a low-carbohydrate diet promoted by Atkins. [16] [17] [18] His success inspired others to generate low-carb diets, and many companies released low-carb diets and low-carb foods. After his death, the popularity of Atkins' diet waned, with other low-carb diets eroding its market share and questions being raised about its safety.
Civic activist for women's issues; a founder and charter member of the UCA Women's Giving Circle [16] Joyce Williams Warren (1949–) 2023 Arkansas’ first black female judge, and multiple other firsts for black women [17] Dorothy McFadden Hoover (1918–2000) 2023 American physicist and mathematician [18] Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976 ...
Dame Eileen June Atkins (born 15 June 1934) [a] is an English actress. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Cranford.
The Dictionary of Women Worldwide series served as an expansion of the prior multi-volume work, though the entries were made shorter in length by comparison. [ 5 ] Each entry generally contains biographical information including birth date and death date , occupation, any pseudonyms used and, if married, whom their spouse and children were, and ...