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Esther Bubley (February 16, 1921 – March 16, 1998) was an American photographer who specialized in expressive photos of ordinary people in everyday lives. She worked for several agencies of the American government and her work also featured in several news and photographic magazines.
Myra Colby Bradwell (February 12, 1831 – February 14, 1894) was an American publisher and political activist.She attempted in 1869 to become the first woman to be admitted to the Illinois bar to practice law, but was denied admission by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1870 and the United States Supreme Court in 1873, in rulings upholding a separate women's sphere. [1]
Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; [1] December 11, 1931) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. [2] With a career spanning eight decades she is known for her roles on stage and screen, and is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Elder Lucy Smith (1874–1952), also known as Lucy Turner Smith, was an African-American Pentecostal pastor and faith healer, who founded All Nations Pentecostal Church in Chicago, Illinois. Her healing ministry attracted large numbers of followers and her church grew to have 3,000 members.
[2] [6] [11] [12] American actor Ashton Kutcher wrote of the video: "I could watch this all day." [13] Two articles on Adweek identified the video as a way for Pandora to get an early start on associating itself positively with motherhood in the weeks running up to Mother's Day, which would be observed on May 10, 2015. One wrote: "It ...
She moved to television at Chicago's WMAQ and on to NBC News in 1975, becoming the first African-American woman to anchor a major network newscast. [3] She joined ABC News in 1982, and was an anchor for the weekend edition of World News Tonight from 1988 until October 2003.
Carter’s funeral is the first for a president since George H.W. Bush’s in 2018, bringing a rare moment of civility to politics as all of the remaining U.S. presidents came together
Her father was a clay sculpture modeler in Chicago and her mother came from a prominent Polish family. While living in her parents' rigidly conformist home, she studied at The John Marshall Law School, passed the bar exam and became Chicago's youngest and first woman assistant U.S. district attorney. Others described her as extremely smart and ...