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Barbara Lewis King was born in Houston, Texas, to parents Mildred Jackson Shackelford, and Lec Andrew Lewis. She was raised by her paternal grandmother, Ida Bates Lewis. At the age of 13, she volunteered as a Sunday school teacher. [2] At 15, King became a Woman's Day speaker in history at Houston's Antioch Baptist Church. [2]
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible , the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle , a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally.
Barbara King may refer to: Barbara J. King (born 1956), professor of anthropology; Barbara Lewis King (1930–2020), bishop of the International New Thought Christian ...
Barbara Ann Lewis (born February 9, 1943) [1] is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues. [2] Career.
Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid ...
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Barbara Ann Scott OC OOnt (May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion , a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion (1944–46, 48) in ladies' singles.
Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago .