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Ann Petry ( October 12, 1908 – April 28, 1997 ) was an American author who became the first black woman writer with book sales topping a million copies for her novel The Street.
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* Ann Petry — African-American novelist, journalist and biographer.
African-American novelist Ann Petry drew on her personal experiences of the hurricane in Old Saybrook in her 1947 novel, Country Place.
Noted African American thinkers, artists, and writers such as Claude McKay, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, W. E. B.
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He is also a character in the book " Tituba of Salem Village " by Ann Petry, another work of fiction relating to the witch trials.
Impacted by her Harlem experiences, Ann Petry used her creative writing skills to bring this experience to paper.
Ann Lane Petry died at the age of 88 on April 28, 1997.
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Tituba is also the main character in the 1956 book Tituba of Salem Village by Ann Petry.
* The Street ( novel ), a 1946 novel by Ann Petry
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Ann Noreen Widdecombe ( born 4 October 1947 ) is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000.
The couple's first child, Patricia Ann Reagan ( better known by her professional name, Patti Davis ), was born on October 21, 1952.
* October 16 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress ( b. 1932 )
* October 8 – Julia Ann, American porn actress
* October 22 – Ann Rule, American true-crime writer
* October 18 – Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem witch trials ( d. 1716 )
Then, on October 2, 2002, Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera became the fifth victim of the snipers who terrorized the Washington area that month, while cleaning her auto at a Kensington gas station.
In October 2004, Tribune editor Ann Marie Lipinski at the last minute spiked a story written for the paper's WomanNews section by free-lance reporter Lisa Bertagnoli titled " You c_nt say that ( or can you?
Vilsack met his future wife, Ann Christine " Christie " Bell, in a cafeteria while at college in New York in October 1968.
In October 1995 it was announced that Mrs. Ruth Ann Holland has left $ 500, 000 to the Library Foundation in her will.
While a guest on Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith on June 7, 2006, Ali announced that she would be making a world tour, and said that she was looking forward to fighting Ann Wolfe on an October 2006 date.
On October 3, 1991, former Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed " Stevie Ray Vaughan Commemoration Day ", during which a memorial concert was held at the Texas Theatre.
Joan Plowright, Joan Ann Olivier, the Lady Olivier, DBE ( born 28 October 1929 in Brigg ), known by her maiden name as Dame Joan Plowright, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier.
Natalie Merchant was born October 26, 1963, in Jamestown, New York, the third of four children of Anthony and Ann Merchant.
Ann Gilbert ( October 21, 1821 – December 2, 1904 ) billed as Mrs. G. H. Gilbert was a British – American actress.
In The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode " The New Sue Ann ," airing Saturday, October 26, 1974, two days before Rhoda's Wedding, the characters frequently discuss the upcoming event and buy wedding gifts.
* Judith Ann Miller, age 15 – October 31, 1977
Previous chairs of the committee are Tom King ( 1994 – 2001 ), Ann Taylor ( 2001 – 05 ), Paul Murphy ( 2005 – 08 ), Margaret Beckett ( January – October 2008 ), and Dr. Kim Howells ( 2008 – 10 ).
On October 28, 2010 in response to a writ of mandamus a Tennessee Williamson County Chancellor Robbie Beal found that the sheriff or CLEO is not required to execute NFA documents according to Tenn. Code Ann.
The son of John Stevens and his wife Ann Campbell, he was born either in 1715 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey or on October 21, 1716 in New York City when his mother was visiting there.
* Barbara Ann Hawkins ( born 23 October 1943 )
Dame Joan Ann Plowright, The Lady Olivier DBE ( born 28 October 1929 ) is an English actress whose career has spanned over 60 years.
Lord Ellenborough married Ann Towry ( died 1843 ), daughter of George Phillips Towry and his wife Elizabeth, on 17 October 1789.
Ann Arbor: October 1994.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary ( October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893 ) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyer.
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The university shapes Ann Arbor's economy significantly as it employs about 30, 000 workers, including about 12, 000 in the medical center.
No Catholic high school education is offered at St. Ann School, and students typically attend public school for grades 8 – 12.
** Ian Brady and Myra Hindley appear in court, charged with the murders of Edward Evans ( 17 ), Lesley Ann Downey ( 10 ), and John Kilbride ( 12 ).
Lake Ann is located 12 miles west of Traverse City a beautiful, year-round resort community in northwest lower Michigan.
* WNYC Radiolab interview with Ann Druyan on her role in the making of the Voyager Record, May 12, 2006
* Ann Edwards Boutelle, " Frances Brooke's Emily Montague ( 1769 ): Canada and Woman's Rights ," Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 12 ( 1986 ): 7-16.
Edinburgh, Midlothian, 23 December 1814-Murrayfield, Midlothian, 13 January 1862 ), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, married at St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 12 March 1844 to Mary Ann Balfour ( 2 November 1816-?
Following the shootings, police searching Barton's home found that his second wife, Leigh Ann Vandiver Barton, and two children, Matthew David Barton ( 12 ) and Mychelle Elizabeth Barton ( 10 ), had been murdered by hammer blows before the shooting spree ; the children had then been placed in bed, as if sleeping.
After more than 12, 000 responses from people aged 4 to 85, the paper ultimately hired two: Jeffrey Zaslow, then a 28-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter, and Diane Crowley, a 47-year-old lawyer, teacher and daughter of Ruth Crowley, who had been the original Ann Landers columnist from 1943 until 1955.
Investigating the region of Salem and Cape Ann, they entertained aboard the Arbella for a day, June 12, 1630, a native chief of the lands to the north, Chief Masconomet.
Tracy Ann Austin Holt ( born December 12, 1962, in Palos Verdes, California ) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1979 and 1981 and the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980, before a series of injuries cut her career short.
Collection Development Policies for Libraries and Visual Collections in the Arts, compiled by Ann Baird Whiteside, Pamela Born, Adeane Alpert Bregman, published as Occasional Paper No. 12 of ARLIS / NA
Oglethorpe and the first colonists arrived at South Carolina on the ship Ann in late 1732, and settled near the present site of Savannah, Georgia on 12 February 1733.
Sheila Ann Martin née Cowan ( born July 31, 1943 ) is the wife of Paul Martin, who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada from December 12, 2003 to February 6, 2006.
Wilkinson married Ann Biddle of the Biddle family on November 12, 1778 in Philadelphia, and had four children with her.
Accompanied by Ann Marie Calhoun on violin, the band recorded acoustic rearrangements of 12 of their previously released songs, which resulted in a double-disc set, along with the band's concerts the previous year at Philadelphia's Electric Factory.
When his father moved to Bersham furnace near Wrexham in 1753 John remained at Kirkby Lonsdale in Westmorland where he married Ann Maudesley on 12 June 1755.
Johnnie Lucille Collier ( April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004 ), known professionally as Ann Miller, was an American dancer, singer and actress.
Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC, FRSA, ( born 12 May 1950 ) is a British barrister, broadcaster, and Labour member of the House of Lords.
There are currently 6 heirs to the Walmart fortune on the list: Tied at # 12 Jim Walton, Christie Walton, and S. Robson Walton, # 15 Alice Walton, # 165 Ann Walton Kroenke, and # 204 Nancy Walton Laurie.
On March 12, 1832, he married Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard ( May 27, 1809June 14, 1842 ), daughter of Francis Blanchard ( baptised February 1, 1784 – age estimated 29 at death, June 26, 1813 ) and wife ( m. August 29, 1808 ) Mary Ann Cabot ( baptised May 9, 1784July 25, 1809 ), with whom he had three children.
A claim to the Warwickshire county committee submitted by the constables in June, 1646 reveals that on 12 March, 1643 a certain Burdett, described as “ a soldier under Captain Turton of Tamworth ” made off with a horse belonging to Ann Turton, a widow.
Alicia Scott, née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode ( 24 June 1810 – 12 March 1900 ) was a Scottish songwriter and composer known chiefly for the tune, " Annie Laurie ", to which the words of a 17th century poet, William Douglas, were set.
Ann Kathleen Corcoran ( born 21 September 1951 ), an Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from 12 August 2000 to the 2007 election, representing the Division of Isaacs, Victoria.
Ann Prentiss ( November 27, 1939 – January 12, 2010 ) was an American actress.
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