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Geraldine Anne FERRARO, Congress, NY (1935-2011)

FERRARO, Geraldine Anne, a Representative from New York; born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., August 26, 1935; graduated from Marymount School, Tarrytown, N.Y., 1952; B.A., Marymount College…

Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess of

(Encyclopedia) Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofWinchilsea, Anne Finch, countess ofwĭnˈchəlsē [key], 1661–1720, English poet. In 1684 she married Heneage Finch, who became (1712) 4th earl of…

Savary, Anne Jean Marie René

(Encyclopedia) Savary, Anne Jean Marie RenéSavary, Anne Jean Marie Renéän zhäN märēˈ rənāˈ sävärēˈ [key], 1774–1833, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He presided (1804) at the trial of the duc…

Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray, Lady

(Encyclopedia) Ritchie, Anne Isabella Thackeray, Lady, 1837–1919, English writer; eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. In 1877 she married a cousin, Richmond T. W. Ritchie (knighted 1907…

Montgomery, L. M.

(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud Montgomery), 1874–1942, Canadian novelist, b. Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), met with immediate success and has been…

Women Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…