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On Saturday afternoon, September 22, 1906, Atlanta newspapers reported four sexual assaults on local white women, allegedly by black men, including brutal attacks on Ethel Lawrence and her niece, Mabel Lawrence. [18] Mabel, an Englishwoman visiting her brother in Atlanta, and her niece were picking ferns or wildflowers when they were attacked.
Mabel Rebecca Dole Haden (1900s or 1910s – October 12, 2006) was an American lawyer. A native of the Piedmont region of Virginia, she became the first Black woman to obtain a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University in 1956. She became one of the first Black woman lawyers in Washington, D.C., and she was co-founder and president of ...
Lotta Crabtree was born in New York in 1847. In 1852-3 the gold fever brought her family to California. Several months after arriving in San Francisco, Mrs. Crabtree and Lotta went to Grass Valley and with Mr. Crabtree started a boarding house for miners. It was here that Lotta met Lola Montez, who taught her to sing and dance.
Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy, originally the Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage and previously Mount St. Mary's Convent and Orphan Asylum, and also known as Mount Saint Mary's Academy and Convent, is the only extant original orphanage in California and commemorates the Sisters of Mercy, in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California.
The Union is a daily newspaper serving Grass Valley and Nevada County, California. It provides news coverage of the local and regional level. Sections include news, sports, opinion, entertainment, and more. The paper has a daily print circulation of over 14,000 copies and also publishes an online edition.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants had a lasting impact on its young cast as well. Ferrera, Lively, Bledel and Tamblyn remain close friends, and often share their reunions and support for one ...
A Louisiana woman allegedly caught using credit cards belonging to Telemundo journalist Adan Manzano after he was found dead has a lengthy rap sheet of arrests — and police allege she has a ...
Robert Lawrence Horne (born April 13, 1967) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler who is most famous for his time in the World Wrestling Federation from 1993 to 1996 under the ring name Mo (later Sir Mo), where he held the WWF World Tag Team Championship with Mabel as "Men on a Mission".