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Harriette Bailey Conn (September 22, 1922 – August 21, 1981) was an American lawyer and politician.A civil rights activist who became known for her efforts to assist minorities, women, and defendants in Indiana's criminal justice system, Conn became the first woman and the first African American to serve as Indiana's state public defender in 1970. [1]
Both Ruth and Douglass originated from the same region of Maryland, and after finding out that Cox had a brother named Leon Bailey, Douglass considered Cox as his sister. [2]: 124–125 Anna and Cox also considered each other sisters, and Cox helped Anna with running the home. [4] The Douglass children referred to her as "Aunt Harriet". [4]
James F. Hawkins is an American former actor, producer and writer. He is best-known for his TV roles in shows like Annie Oakley, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Leave It to Beaver, Petticoat Junction, and The Donna Reed Show; and as Tommy Bailey, son of George Bailey in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
Harriet Elizabeth MacGibbon [4] [5] (October 5, 1905 [6] [5] – February 8, 1987) [2] was an American film, stage and television actress best known for her role as the insufferably snobbish, "blue-blooded Bostonian" Mrs. Margaret Drysdale in the sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.
She appeared alongside her father Leo McKern, in the last three series of Rumpole of the Bailey as Rumpole's young pupil Liz Probert. [2] She has also played many other stage and television roles. [3] In 1983, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Celia in As You Like It.
Harriet is a 2019 American biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons, who also wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard. It stars Cynthia Erivo as abolitionist Harriet Tubman , with Leslie Odom Jr. , Joe Alwyn , and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles.
Harriet Anne Hooker was born in 1854 to the botanist and explorer Joseph Dalton Hooker and Frances Harriet Henslow, who was the daughter of botanist and Cambridge University professor John Stevens Henslow. In 1877, she married the botanist William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (later knighted), with whom she had a son and a daughter. [1]
Harriet Wright Laidlaw (née Burton; December 16, 1873 – January 25, 1949) was an American social reformer and suffragist. She campaigned in support of the Nineteenth Amendment and the United Nations , and was the first female corporate director of Standard & Poor's .