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Jenny Williams (other)
Jenny Williams may refer to: * Jenny Williams (academic), author and academic at Dublin City University * Jenny Williams (sportsperson) (born 1957), Australian sports psychologist and athlete * Jenny Cumfry Williams, formerly enslaved 19th-century American woman See also * Jenni Williams Jenni Williams (born 1962) is a Zimbabwean human rights activist and a founder of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). A prominent critic of President Robert Mugabe's government, she was described by ''The Guardian'' in 2009 as "one of the most trou ..., Zimbabwean human rights activist * Jennifer Williams (other) {{hndis, Williams, Jenny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Williams (academic)
Jenny Williams (born 1951) is an author and academic at Dublin City University. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in German from Queen's University Belfast in 1974 and a PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ... in Medieval Historiography and Heroic Literature in 1979. Until 2007 she was the head of Dublin City University's School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies. Selected works * ''Etzel der riche'', 1981 * ''Language, Education and Society in a Changing World'', Multilingual Matters, 1996 * ''More Lives Than One: A Biography of Hans Fallada'', Libris, 1998 * ''The Map. A Guide to Doing Research in Translation Studies'', St. Jerome, 2002 * ''Mehr Leben als eins: Hans Fallada: Eine Biographie, Aufbau-Verlag'', 2002 * ''Die Provinz im Leben und Werk von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Williams (sportsperson)
Jenny Williams is an Australian sports psychologist and athlete who represented South Australia in six sports, namely lacrosse, indoor lacrosse, touch, soccer, cricket, and Australian rules football. Lacrosse Williams represented Australia in lacrosse and was a member of the 1986 World Champion Gold Medal team. She also captained Australia from 1989 to 1992, winning a bronze medal in the 1989 World Cup. She coached the Australian team to a world silver medal in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. Notably, early in her career she was a member of the Australian team that won its first ever game against the United States in 1981 – the first recorded loss for the US.Daly, John A., ''Against the odds : a pictorial history of 100 years of South Australian women in sport and recreation'', Libraries Australia ID: 11285629 Williams also captained or co-captained South Australia to 12 National Championships in lacrosse (11 consecutive wins) and was named in the National Championship team in eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Cumfry Williams
Jenny Cumfry Williams (born c. 1778) was a formerly enslaved 19th-century American woman. Life Jenny was likely born near Schenectady, New York. Originally enslaved, she escaped and fled to Springfield, Massachusetts in the early 1800s, as the state had abolished slavery in 1783. On September 2, 1802, Jenny married a Black man named Jack Williams at First Church in Springfield, Massachusetts, in a wedding officiated by Rev. Bezaleel Howard. In the following years, Williams worked as a washerwoman and became known as "an honest, industrious and useful person," who was well-liked by the community. In 1808, a man of Dutch descent from Schenectady, New York named Peter Van Geyseling arrived in Springfield and attempted to kidnap Williams, claiming she was his property; he had the paperwork to prove this was true under the laws at the time. Rev. Howard and 18 other Springfield residents negotiated a sale price with Van Geyseling, and raised $100 to buy Williams' freedom. The sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenni Williams
Jenni Williams (born 1962) is a Zimbabwean human rights activist and a founder of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). A prominent critic of President Robert Mugabe's government, she was described by ''The Guardian'' in 2009 as "one of the most troublesome thorns in Mugabe's side". Early life Williams was born in Gwanda, Zimbabwe, and was raised mainly by her mother Margaret Mary née McConville, the daughter of an Irish man who emigrated to what was then Rhodesia from County Armagh. He became a gold prospector and married Bahlezi Moyo from the Matabele tribe. Williams' Irish father was from Listowel, County Kerry. At the age of 16, Williams dropped out of high school to work in order that her mother could afford her siblings' schooling. In 1994, her eldest brother died of AIDS. Activism From 1994 to 2002, the public relations firm owned and headed by Williams represented the Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe. This soon brought Williams' company into conflict with the Mugabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
