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Jonathan Rosenbaum, President of Gratz College. Alexander Grant Ruthven (Ph.D. 1906); president of the University of Michigan. Austin Scott, tenth President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University), 1891–1906. William Spoelhof (MA 1937), President of Calvin College 1951–76; namesake of Asteroid 129099 Spoelhof.
Helen Wallbank Milliken (December 4, 1922 [1] – November 16, 2012) was an American women's rights activist, environmentalist, and former First Lady of Michigan.Milliken, the longest-lived First Lady in Michigan's history (living to 89 years old), served from 1969 to 1983 during the tenure of her husband, former Michigan Governor William Milliken.
O'Connell joined the Dorsey band in 1939 and achieved her best selling records in the early 1940s with "Green Eyes", [6] "Amapola", "Tangerine" and "Yours". In each of these Latin-influenced numbers, Bob Eberly crooned the song which Helen then reprised in an up-tempo arrangement. [6] O'Connell was selected by DownBeat readers as best female ...
Julia Susan Wheelock Freeman (1833-1900) was an American missionary, who was known as the "Florence Nightingale of Michigan". She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Biography. Freeman was born in Avon, Ohio, on October 7, 1833. She attended classes at Kalamazoo College, and became a teacher in Palo, Michigan.
Occupation (s) Activist, union organizer. Spouse. Homer Jeffrey. Awards. Michigan Women's Hall of Fame (1983) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000) Mildred McWilliams "Millie" Jeffrey (December 29, 1910 [ 1] – March 24, 2004) was an American political and social activist during the labor reforms, women's rights, and civil rights movement .
Jean Ledwith King (March 16, 1924 – October 9, 2021) was an American attorney, teacher, political activist, and women's rights activist. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1989. [1]
Margaret Chase Smith. Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) [1] was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. [2] She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress. [3]
Yue: Cantonese. Jyutping. Can4 Juk6 Ping4. Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015) was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. [4] She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya in the 1940s and 1950s. [5] In the 1960s, she and James Boggs, her husband of some ...