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Iris Winnifred King née Ewart (1910–2000), was born in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, on September 5, 1910. She attended the Kingston Technical High School [ 1 ] in Kingston and later the Roosevelt University in Chicago where she studied political science and public administration from 1951-'53.
April Parker Jones (born March 6, 1976) is an American television actress, best known for her roles as Darcy Hawkins in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho from 2006 to 2008, [1] and as Natalie Henning in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong (2014–2020).
A film loosely adapted from Union Street, called Stanley & Iris, was released in 1989. Unlike the book, the film is a romantic comedy. It features one character in common with the novel, Iris King. The film is set in the US, rather than England, and has none of the realism or language that feature in the book.
James King (1800 – 29 November 1857) [1] was a Scottish-Australian who was important in the establishment of the wine industry in Australia. Biography [ edit ]
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Mars King, Pioneer Press. Updated December 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM. Brian Thompson is being remembered as a well-liked, highly skilled and personable friend by those who ...
King Pioneer Musical artist Theophilus Beckford (26 June 1935 – 19 February 2001) was a Jamaican pianist and one of the pioneers of Jamaican popular music during the transition from rhythm 'n' blues to Jamaican ska.
Iris Collins was the first woman elected to Parliament (1944). Rose Leon was the first woman cabinet member (1953). Portia Simpson-Miller is Jamaica's first woman prime minister (2006-2007) and (2011-2016). Women in Jamaica gained the right to vote in 1919, but that right was subject to property and income requirements. [3]
Iris Shun-Ru Chang (traditional Chinese: 張純如; March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author, and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre , The Rape of Nanking , and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History .