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The first woman to cover sports in any major American daily newspaper, her early byline in 1968 was required to be, "Mrs. Johnny Morris". Noted as the first woman to broadcast live from the Super Bowl in 1975, she won several television Emmy Awards for local reporting and in 2014 was the first woman to receive the Ring Lardner Award for ...
Edith Renfrow Smith (born July 14, 1914) is an American woman and supercentenarian who was the first African American woman to graduate from Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa. [1] She is a granddaughter of slaves. [2] At age 108, she was designated a "superager" in a study by Northwestern University for her remarkable memory and longevity.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 December 2024. American labor leader (1953–2021) This article is about the American labor leader. For other people with the same name, see Karen Lewis (disambiguation). Karen Lewis Lewis in 2015 President of the Chicago Teachers Union In office 2010–2014 Preceded by Marilyn Stewart Succeeded by ...
Smith became a Chicago alderman in 1989, being appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley. [8] She was reelected in 1991, [8] 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. In 2010, she announced that she would not be seeking reelection in 2011, thus ending her tenure as alderman.
Yvonne Daniels (September 16, 1937 – June 21, 1991) was an American radio host in Chicago from the 1960s to 1991. Daniels was a member of the first all-woman radio team in 1967 for WSDM and the first woman radio host for WLS in 1973. Daniels was posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.
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A Devon woman has become the world record holder for the longest hair donation after shaving her head. Ruth Tripp, from South Molton, said she donated 67 inches (172cm) of hair to The Little ...
William Smith rejoined the family in Chicago. Lucy Smith had joined the Baptist Church when she was 12 years old. In Chicago she discovered Pentecostalism, and by 1912 was attending Stone Church, a Pentecostal assembly. She believed she had a gift for faith healing, and in 1916, she started prayer meetings in her home with two other women.