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Myra MacPherson (born 1934) is an American author, biographer, and journalist known for writing about politics, the Vietnam War, feminism, and death and dying. Although her work has appeared in many publications, she had a long affiliation with The Washington Post newspaper.
Myra Hill Colson Callis (March 13, 1892 – 1979) was an American social worker, educator, researcher, and YWCA administrator, best known for her work on employment. Early life and education [ edit ]
From 1964 to 1985, Siegel was married to writer Myra MacPherson. [1] They had two children, Michael Siegel, a political communications director, and Leah Siegel, who was a Dallas bureau producer for ESPN. [1] [6] On November 11, 1985, Siegel suffered a heart attack. [2] In 1989 he was diagnosed with colon cancer.
Myra MacPherson of The Washington Post wrote that "To many she was a brazen and bombastic woman, to others she was a heroine who attacked a liberal permissiveness they felt had brought chaos to the land." [32] The National Review said: Martha Mitchell brought to [the Nixon Administration] a welcome touch of zaniness and genuine good humor.
Myra McFadyen (12 January 1956 – 18 October 2024) was a Scottish actress. She had a decade-long career on stage and screen. She had a decade-long career on stage and screen. [ 1 ]
Margaret Macpherson Grant (1834–1877), Scottish heiress and philanthropist; Margaret Campbell Macpherson (1860–1931), artist born in Canada, known for her work in Scotland; Margaret MacPherson (pharmacist) (1875–1956), Australian pharmacist and benefactress; Margaret MacPherson (writer) (1895–1974), New Zealand journalist and author
The name Myra was created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville 1st Barone Brooke (1554–1628). Its origins are unknown, though some speculate the created name is an anagram of the name Mary, a variant spelling of the Latin word myrrha, meaning myrrh, a fragrant resin obtained from a tree, or derived from the Latin mirari, meaning wonder, the same source from which William Shakespeare ...
Myra Reynolds (March 18, 1853 – August 20, 1936) was an American literary scholar. Myra Reynolds was born on March 18, 1853, in Troupsburg, New York . [ 1 ] She attended a normal school in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, from 1867 to 1870, after which she may have taught at the primary or secondary level. [ 1 ]