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Mary Wollstonecraft

Biography of the 18th-century English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century English feminist, believed that equal education among men and women would ensure the equal…

The Queen Mary

The only surviving major pre-war transatlantic ocean liner in existence by Mike Morrison The Queen Mary is the only surviving major pre-war transatlantic ocean liner still in…

Boland, Mary

actressBirthplace: PhiladelphiaBorn: 1880Died: 1965

Brewer's: Mary

As the Virgin, she is represented in Christian art with flowing hair, emblematical of her virginity. As Mater Dolorosa, she is represented as somewhat elderly, clad in mourning, head…

Brewer's: Marys

The four Marys. Mary Beaton (or Bethune), Mary Livingston (or Leuson), Mary Fleming (or Flemyng), and Mary Seaton (or Seyton); called the “Queen's Marys,” that is, the ladies of the same…

Brewer's: Mari'a

Heroine of Donizetti's opera La Figlia del Reggimento. She first appears as a vivandière or French sutler-girl, for Sulpizio (the sergeant of the 11th regiment of Napoleon's Grand Army)…

Cotton Mary

Director:Ismail MerchantWriter:Alexandra VietsMerchant Ivory Productions; NR; 125 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Madhur Jaffrey, Greta Scacchi, John MacIntosh The Merchant Ivory production house…

Mary Astor

Mary Astor(Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke)actressBorn: 5/3/1906Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois Starting off in silent films, she played opposite John Barrymore in Beau Brummel (1924) and Don Juan (1926…

Mary, the mother of Jesus

(Encyclopedia) Mary, in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr., theotokos).…