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Lorde, Audrey Geraldine

(Encyclopedia) Lorde, Audre, 1934–1992, African-American poet, essayist, and civil rights activist, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (M.L.S. 1961).…

Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor

(Encyclopedia) Jewsbury, Geraldine EndsorJewsbury, Geraldine Endsorj&oomacr;zˈbərē [key], 1812–80, English novelist. She is remembered as much for her friendship with the Carlyles and other…

Farrar, Geraldine

(Encyclopedia) Farrar, GeraldineFarrar, Geraldinefərärˈ [key], 1882–1967, American operatic soprano, b. Melrose, Mass.; pupil of Lilli Lehmann. She made her debut in Europe (1901) and sang at the…

Ferraro, Geraldine Anne

(Encyclopedia) Ferraro, Geraldine AnneFerraro, Geraldine Annefərärˈō [key], 1935–2011, American political leader, b. Newburgh, N.Y., grad. Marymount College (1956), Fordham Law School (1960). A…

Brooks, Geraldine

(Geraldine Stroock) actressBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1925Died: 1977

Brewer's: Geraldine

(3 syl., g soft). The Fair Geraldine. Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald is so called in the Earl of Surrey's poems. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GeraniumGeraint…

Geraldine Page

Geraldine PageactressBorn: 11/22/1924Birthplace: Kirksville, Missouri Page turned in many notable performances on stage and screen, often playing fragile, eccentric characters. After 7 Oscar…

Geraldine Ferraro

Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman ever to run on a major party presidential ticket in the United States. A Democrat, she was Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984 in his losing race with…