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Shirley Miller (née Carver; born July 15, 1935 [1]) is a retired American educator who served as the first lady of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 as the wife of the 79th governor of Georgia, Zell Miller. Her initiatives as first lady were to improve the quality of education within the state, including helping adults in literacy to earn their GED .
Shirley Miller OJ, CD, KC (born 1937) is a Jamaican attorney and one of the first women admitted as Queen's Counsel in the Caribbean.Admitted to the inner bar in 1971, she became the first Queen's Counsel in Jamaica and has served in numerous capacities, including as head of the Legal Reform Department and on the Electoral Advisory Committee.
Sherrod (née Miller) was born in 1948 in Baker County, Georgia, to Grace and Hosie Miller. [5] [6] In 1965, when she was 17 years old, her father, a deacon at the local Baptist Church, was shot dead by a white farmer, reportedly over a dispute about livestock. [6] No charges were returned against the shooter by an all-white grand jury. [6]
Shirley Miller Charles Melvin Sherrod [ 1 ] (January 2, 1937 – October 11, 2022) was an American minister and civil rights activist. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] During the civil rights movement , Sherrod helped found the Albany Movement while serving as field secretary for southwest Georgia for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee .
Shirley Miller Yvette A. Flunder (born July 29, 1955) is an American womanist , preacher, pastor, activist, and singer from San Francisco , CA. She is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland, California and Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries.
Shirley Ann Grau (July 8, 1929 – August 3, 2020) was an American writer. Born in New Orleans , [ 1 ] she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama . Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South [ 1 ] and explore issues of race and gender.
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler (August 24, 1925 – March 30, 2016) was an American attorney and judge who served as the first United States Secretary of Education from 1979 to 1981. She previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S.
Shirley J. Mitchell (November 4, 1919 – November 11, 2013) was an American radio, film, and television actress. Early life. Mitchell was born in Toledo, Ohio ...