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Anita Miller (other)
Anita Miller may refer to: * Anita Miller (urbanist) (born 1931), American urban renewal pioneer * Anita Miller (publisher) (1926–2018), American author and publisher * Anita Miller (field hockey) Anita Corl Huntsman (born May 14, 1951) is an American former field hockey player who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She had previously qualified for th ... (born 1951), American field hockey player and Olympic athlete * Anita Miller Smith (1893–1968), American impressionist and regionalist painter {{Hndis, name = Miller, Anita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Miller (urbanist)
Anita Miller (born April 20, 1931) is an American urbanist working in the field of urban revitalization and policy areas such as reverse mortgages, tenant management, anti-redlining initiatives and comprehensive community development. She is the first woman to have served as a senior program officer at the Ford Foundation and as a board member of a federal financial regulatory agency (the Federal Home Loan Bank Board). Early life She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. She attended Wheaton College (1948-49) and the University of Michigan (1949-51). She married Martin Miller in 1952; they raised their three children — Alan Miller, Tracy Miller and Cheryl Houser — primarily in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Career A longtime member of the American Civil Liberties Union, Miller began working on housing issues as a volunteer in 1956 while living in Providence, Rhode Island. She played a leadership role in the state's struggle for fair housing le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Miller (publisher)
Anita Miller (née Wolfberg; August 31, 1926 – August 4, 2018) was an American author and co-founder of the publishing house Academy Chicago Publishers. She founded the company with her husband Jordan despite having no prior publishing experience. Academy Chicago's six-year legal battle with Mary Cheever, the widow of John Cheever, over a contract to publish up to 68 of Cheever's previously uncollected stories, resulted in the publication of ''Fall River and Other Uncollected Stories'' in 1994 and led Miller to write ''Uncollecting Cheever: The Family of John Cheever vs. Academy Chicago Publishers,'' which was published by Rowman & Littlefield in 1998. The Millers lost in court, but were supported by the Association of American Publishers and the Association of American University Presses, who protested the decision. Miller stated that one of the purposes of Academy Chicago was to "bring back books by women that have been unfairly neglected and gone out of print." She published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Miller (field Hockey)
Anita Corl Huntsman (born May 14, 1951) is an American former field hockey player who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She had previously qualified for the 1980 Olympic team but did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. As consolation, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal The Congressional Gold Medal is the oldest and highest civilian award in the United States, alongside the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It is bestowed by vote of the United States Congress, signed into law by the president. The Gold Medal exp ... many years later. Anita is also an avid horseback rider and teacher. References External links * databaseOlympics* 1951 births Living people American female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |