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Clara Michelle Barker is a British engineer and material scientist. In 2017 she received the Points of Light award from the UK Prime Minister's Office for her volunteer work raising awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. [1] The outcome of this was her rise as a significant role model to the LGBT+ community. [2]
Candy Quackenbush is a teenage girl who is the main character in The Books of Abarat (2002–2011), and is partially based on Barker's former stepdaughter Nicole. [1] The heroine of the series, she is a sixteen-year-old misfit (notably with heterochromia ; her left eye is brown, while the right is blue) from Chickentown, a small township ...
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton (1821–1912), an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross. The site is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Washington D.C. in Glen Echo, Maryland.
Bingham was born in 1963 [1] into a newspaper family [2] [3] [4] founded by Robert Worth Bingham in Louisville, Kentucky.She moved to New York City in 1968. She completed high school at the Madeira School in 1981, [5] and graduated from Harvard University in 1985 with a degree in History and Literature. [6]
Clara Byrd Baker (June 22, 1886 – October 20, 1979) was an American educator, civic leader, and suffragist who fought for equal rights in the early 20th century. She was the first woman to vote in Williamsburg, Virginia .
Clara Wu Tsai is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and social justice activist. She is a co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the New York Liberty of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the San Diego Seals of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and Barclays Center .
The University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas (Spanish: Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, UCLV) is an undergraduate and graduate public university located in Santa Clara, Cuba, founded in 1952 and having a remote campus called "Universidad de Montaña" located in Topes de Collantes, the heart of the Escambray Mountains.
Detour: A Hollywood Story is a 1988 memoir by Cheryl Crane, the only daughter of actress Lana Turner, with additional writing from Cliff Jahr.In the book, she recounts her early life, including her alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather Lex Barker, and the 1958 killing of Johnny Stompanato during a domestic struggle.