Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Claiborne became frustrated by the failure of the companies that employed her to provide practical clothes for working women, so, with husband Art Ortenberg, Leonard Boxer, and Jerome Chazen, she launched her own design company, Liz Claiborne Inc., in 1976. [1] It was an immediate success, with sales of $2 million in 1976 and $23 million in ...
Douglas Gene Stanhope (born March 25, 1967) [1] is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, political activist and podcast host. His stand-up material favors caustic and often obscene observations of life in the style of Bill Hicks, which he delivers while consuming alcohol.
It is displayed in the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women’s Reading Room, adjacent to the National Statuary Hall. [5] The room was previously used as the House Speaker 's office before the Senate and House wings were added to the Capitol in 1857 and is the same room where President John Quincy Adams died.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana.
Claiborne subsequently competed as a runner at the Special Olympics of 1970, [4] where she received her first medal as an athlete. [2] She has completed over 25 marathons and has placed in the top 100 women finishers of the Boston Marathon twice. [6] In 2000, Claiborne's life was the subject of "The Loretta Claiborne Story", a television film. [6]
Amanda Rose Shires (born March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player. Shires has released seven solo albums starting in 2005, her most recent being Take It Like a Man in 2022.
Sybil Claiborne (November 1, 1923 – December 16, 1992) was an American novelist, short story writer, pacifist and member of the Board of the War Resisters League, and antiwar activist. She published stories in magazines like The New Yorker and Esquire .