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Name at birth: Lucille Frances RyanThe TV show Xena, Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless as a campy barbarian-with-a-bosom, was a surprise TV hit in 1996. (The Xena series began as a spinoff of…Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone was a 19th century abolitionist and an early leader of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. With little help from her family, Stone worked her way through college,…Stone, Lucy
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Lucy, 1818–93, reformer and leader in the women's rights movement, b. near West Brookfield, Mass., grad. Oberlin, 1847. In 1847 she gave her first lecture on women's rights, and…Montgomery, town, Wales
(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, town (1981 pop. 1,036), Powys, E Wales. Montgomery is locally important as a sheep and cattle market. Nearby Offa's Dyke is very well preserved.Maude Rutherford 2001 Deaths
Maude RutherfordAge: 104 singer and dancer who claimed to have introduced the Charleston to Broadway in 1922. Known as the “Slim Princess,” Rutherford drew crowds to the Cotton Club and…Maude Mildred McIntyre Biography
Maude Mildred McIntyreAge: 106 the United States' oldest active female bowler; she was granted that title by the Women's International Bowling Congress in 1993; started bowling when she was…Christina Rossetti: Maude Clare
Maude ClareOut of the church she followed them With a lofty step and mien: His bride was like a village maid, Maude Clare was like a queen.'Son Thomas,' his lady mother said, With…Christina Rossetti: Sister Maude
Sister MaudeWho told my mother of my shame, Who told my father of my dear? Oh who but Maude, my sister Maude, Who lurked to spy and peer.Cold he lies, as cold as stone, With his clotted…Lucy, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Lucy, Saint, d. 304?, Sicilian virgin martyr. According to legend, at an early age she vowed herself to God. She rejected a pagan suitor, who then denounced her during the persecutions…Blackwell, Henry Brown
(Encyclopedia) Blackwell, Henry Brown, 1825–1909, American reformer, b. Bristol, England; brother of Elizabeth Blackwell. He was an abolitionist and later, with his wife, Lucy Stone, a worker for…Trending
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