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McCarthy, Kevin Owen

(Encyclopedia)McCarthy, Kevin Owen, 1965–, U.S. politician, b. Bakersfield, Calif., grad. California State Univ., Bakersfield (B.S. 1989, M.B.A. 1994). A conservative Republican, he was elected to the California ...

Chakwera, Lazarus McCarthy

(Encyclopedia)Chakwera, Lazarus McCarthy, 1955–, Malawian political and religious leader. After studying theology in Malawi, South Africa, and the United States, he taught at several seminaries, then served as pr...

Mary Tudor

(Encyclopedia)Mary Tudor: see Mary I, Queen of England; Mary of England. ...

Virgin Mary

(Encyclopedia)Virgin Mary: see Mary.

Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de

(Encyclopedia)Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de märēˈ tārĕzˈ lwēz də sävwä-kärēnyäNˈ, prăNsĕsˈ də läNbälˈ [key], 1749–92, devoted friend and favorite of Queen ...

Challens, Mary

(Encyclopedia)Challens, Mary: see Renault, Mary. ...

Wollstonecraft, Mary

(Encyclopedia)Wollstonecraft, Mary wo͝olˈstənkräft, –krăft [key], 1759–97, English author and feminist, b. London. She was an early proponent of educational equality between men and women, expressing this ...

Herbert, Mary

(Encyclopedia)Herbert, Mary: see Pembroke, Mary Herbert, countess of. ...

Stuart, Mary

(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Mary: see Mary Queen of Scots. ...

Jemison, Mary

(Encyclopedia)Jemison, Mary, 1743–1833, American frontierswoman. She was born at sea while her parents were en route from Ireland to America. In W Pennsylvania she was captured (1758) by a French and Indian War p...