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Barnett was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1974 [5] and grew up as one of five siblings in Park Forest, Cook County, Illinois.. Barnett received a B.A. in English Language and Literature and Linguistics (with language specialization in German and Russian) from the University of Missouri and an M.A. in Women's History from Sarah Lawrence College. [6]
LaShonda or Lashonda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: LaShonda K. Barnett (born 1974), American author, playwright, and radio host; LaShonda A. Hunt (born 1970), American judge; Lashonda Lester (1975/1976–2017), American standup comedian
LaShonda Annette Hunt (born 1970) [1] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She previously served as a judge of the United States bankruptcy court of the Northern District of Illinois from 2017 to 2023.
LaSondra Renee Barrett [1] (born March 16, 1990) [2] is an American ex-basketball forward who played one season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association, as well as for overseas teams in Australia and Israel.
Lashonda Lester (September 11, 1975—April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian from Austin, Texas. Her posthumous debut album, Shondee Superstar, was released by Dan Schlissel's Stand Up! Records in 2019, and was critically praised.
Alfreda M. Duster [1] (née Barnett; September 3, 1904 – April 2, 1983) was an American social worker and civic leader in Chicago. [2] [3] She is best known as the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells and as the editor of her mother's posthumously published autobiography, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (1970).
A bank holding company was begun after the stock market crash in 1929, and Barnett National Securities Corporation purchased and reopened several failed banks. The day before a bank holiday on March 5, 1933, Barnett expected a bank run. To prevent this, Bion directed the bank's personnel to pull all small denomination bills from the vault, and ...
In 1953, she married Lawrence R. Barnett, then president of the Music Corporation of America. She retired in 1958 to raise their four sons and two daughters. She died in 2006, aged 80, from pulmonary disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. [2] Her widower died on June 11, 2012, aged 98.