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Maggie Williams
Maggie Williams1954— Government official A public relations consultant and Democratic campaign strategist, MaggieWilliams is a powerful and controversial figure in American politics. During the 1990s she served in the White House as chief of staff to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and as an... Read more |
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Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson 1912-, b. Karnack, Tex., as Claudia Alta Taylor. She married (1934) Lyndon B. Johnson and played an active role in his political career. As first lady (1963-69) she sponsored environmental causes and national beautification projects and later co-founded (1982) what is now the... Read more |
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Stella Obasanjo
Stella Obasanjo1945–2005 Activist, Nigerian first lady Stella Obasanjo became famous not only for being the first lady of Nigeria, married to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, but also for being a political activist in her own right, supporting such causes as women's liberation, youth as leaders of... Read more |
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Jack Smith
Jack Smith Born: April 6, 1938 Stamford, ConnecticutChairman of the board, General MotorsCorporation For Jack Smith, the journey has taken place on a long and winding road filled with bumps and potholes. So far, he has been able to guide General Motors (GM) around the obstacles, taking it... Read more |
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Lady Penelope Rich
Penelope Rich, Lady 1562-1607, the "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591). Daughter of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, she married (1581) Lord Rich (later earl of Warwick); after a divorce she married (1605) the earl of Devonshire.... Read more |
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Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey 1537-54, queen of England for nine days. She was the daughter of Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset (later duke of Suffolk ), and Frances Brandon, daughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary. She became a ward of Baron Seymour of Sudeley , who tried unsuccessfully to bring about a marriage... Read more |
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Louis Antoine Godey
Louis Antoine Godey , 1804-78, American publisher, b. New York City. He was joint founder in 1830 of the Lady's Book (known after his partner's withdrawal as Godey's Lady's Book ), the first successful women's magazine. The magazine, which featured articles by famous authors and colored plates of... Read more |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton , 1947-, American lawyer and political figure, wife of U.S. President Bill Clinton , b. Chicago, grad. Wellesley College (B.A. 1969), Yale Law School (L.L.B., 1973). After law school she served on the House panel that investigated the Watergate affair . She was in private... Read more |
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