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Kenny, Enda

(Encyclopedia) Kenny, EndaKenny, Endaĕnˈdä [key], 1951–, Irish politician. After teaching primary school, he was elected to the Irish parliament in 1975, winning his late father's seat and becoming…

Kenny, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886–1952, Australian nurse, b. New South Wales, grad. St. Ursula's College, Australia, 1902. She became “Sister” Kenny as a first lieutenant nurse (1914–18) in the…

Anthony, Kenny

(Encyclopedia) Anthony, Kenny (Kenneth Davis Anthony), 1951–, St. Lucian political leader and lawyer. He taught before becoming an adviser to the St. Lucian ministry of education and culture (1979–80…

Baker, Josephine

(Encyclopedia) Baker, Josephine, 1906–75, African-American dancer and singer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as Freda Josephine McDonald. In 1923 and 1924 she…

Baker Island

(Encyclopedia) Baker Island, uninhabited island, 1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), central Pacific, near the equator, c.1,650 mi (2,660 km) SW of Honolulu. The arid coral island was discovered in 1832 by Capt.…

Ella Baker

civil rights activistBorn: 12/13/1903Birthplace: Norfolk, Va. Baker was a driving force in the creation of the country's premier civil rights organizations. After graduating as valedictorian from…

Kenny MARCHANT, Congress, TX (1951)

MARCHANT, Kenny, a Representative from Texas; born in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex., February 23, 1951; B.A., South Nazarene University, Bethany, Okla., 1974; attended Nazarene Theological…

Kenny HULSHOF, Congress, MO (1958)

HULSHOF, Kenny, a Representative from Missouri; born in Sikeston, Scott County, Mo., May 22, 1958; graduated from Thomas W. Kelly High School, Benton, Mo.; B.S., University of Missouri, 1980;…

Baker, Ella Josephine

(Encyclopedia) Baker, Ella Josephine, 1903–1986, U.S. civil rights activist, b. Norfolk, Va. Ella Baker was an activist and organizer whose…

Baker Lake

(Encyclopedia) Baker Lake, c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, W of Chesterfield Inlet of Hudson Bay. It has a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at its western end.