Labor leaderBorn: 8/1/1944Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas Linda Chavez-Thompson, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO since 1995, is the first person of color to hold an executive office of that…
magazine publisher, executiveBorn: 1957? Linda Johnson graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Journalism and, in 1987, earned a master's degree in management from…
McAlister, Linda Lopez
(Encyclopedia) McAlister, Linda Lopez, 1939-2021, American feminist philosopher, b. Los Angeles, Ca., as Linda Lee McAlister, Barnard College (B.A…
LANHAM, Henderson Lovelace, a Representative from Georgia; born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., September 14, 1888; attended the public schools of Rome, Ga., and the Piedmont Institute at Rockmart…
SMITH, Linda, a Representative from Washington; born in LaJunta, Otero County, Colo., July 16, 1950; graduated Fort Vancouver High School, Vancouver, Wash.; manager of seven tax preparation…
Profiles of female trailblazers in technology by Jennie Wood Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer Women in Technology Ada Lovelace Grace Hopper Hedy Lamarr Jean Sammet Roberta…
SÁNCHEZ, Linda T., (sister of Loretta Sanchez), a Representative from California; born in Orange, Orange County, Calif., January 28, 1969; B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif.; J.D…
(Encyclopedia) Cavalier poets, a group of English poets associated with Charles I and his exiled son. Most of their work was done between c.1637 and 1660. Their poetry embodied the life and culture…
(Encyclopedia) Tolpuddle Martyrs, name given to six English agricultural laborers who in 1834 were prosecuted for trade union activities and sentenced to transportation. In 1833 these laborers, led…
