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Mary Simpson (other)
Mary Simpson may refer to: People * Mary Simpson (priest) (1925–2011), one of the first women to be ordained an Episcopal priest (1977) * Mary Simpson (Northern Ireland politician), unionist politician in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s * Mary Simpson (violinist), violinist known for performing in Yanni's orchestra * Mary Elizabeth Simpson (1865–1948), New Zealand religious teacher, healer and writer * Mary Ellen Simpson, musician in The Ace of Cups * Mary Kell Simpson (1903–1970), South Australian physiotherapist later known as Dorothy Kell Finnis * Mary Simpson (house servant) * Mary Jean Simpson, American scholar and public servant * Mollie Evans (1922-2016), British antique dealer, born Mary Simpson Characters *Mary Simpson, fictional character in the ''1632'' book series *Mary Simpson, fictional character on the TV series ''The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Simpson (priest)
Mary Michael Simpson (December 1, 1925 – July 20, 2011) was an American minister. In 1977, she became one of the first women to be ordained a priest by the American Episcopal Church and was the first woman to hold the office of canon. Life and career Born in Evansville, Indiana, Simpson grew up in Texas City, Texas. She was raised a Methodist but in her senior year of college she became an Episcopalian. She subsequently entered the New York School for Deaconesses and Other Church Workers in New York City from which she graduated in 1949. After graduation she spent six years as a missionary to Liberia. Upon her return to the United States, she became a religious sister and took her life vows with the Order of Saint Helena in Vails Gate, New York in 1956. She was soon after appointed the head of a girls' school operated by the order, Margaret Hall in Versailles, Kentucky, where she remained for about a decade. She then returned to the convent in Vails Gate to become director of no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Simpson (Northern Ireland Politician)
Mary Simpson (c.1932 – 22 November 2020) was a Northern Irish unionist politician. Political career Simpson was honorary secretary of the Central Armagh Unionist Association from 1974 until 1983,Maedhbh McNamara and Paschal Mooney, ''Women in Parliament: Ireland, 1918-2000'', p.236 and was elected to Craigavon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party at the 1977 local elections. She held her seat in 1981, and served as Mayor of Craigavon in 1981/2, the first woman to hold the post. At the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Simpson stood in Armagh. She took only 721 first-preference votes, leaving her in last position, but she was elected on transfers from party colleagues. At the Assembly, she served on the Environment Committee and as vice-chair of the Education Committee. She was re-elected to her council seat in 1985, but stood down in 1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Simpson (violinist)
Mary Ellen Simpson is an American violinist, mostly noted for her work with Yanni, Gary Ruley and Mule Train and Walker's Run. She is a founding member of The Whiskey Rebellion band. Biography Simpson's father, a documented descendant of Pocahontas, plays banjo and her Taiwanese mother is a classically trained pianist. She is the sister of noted violinist Ann Marie Calhoun and her brothers play guitar. She began learning to play violin at the age of five. She says she grew up listening to her sister play. Like her sister she played bluegrass music in her family band. According to Simpson, "her classical background gives her a wider variety of tones and better control of her sound than she would have had she only studied bluegrass." Mary attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. She has a double major in music and economics from the University of Virginia. The Whiskey Rebellion Mary Simpson, Roy Myers, Ryan Phillips, and David Cosper connected the sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Elizabeth Simpson
Mary Elizabeth Simpson (1865–1948) was a notable New Zealand religious teacher, healer and writer. She was born in Christchurch, North Canterbury, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ... in 1865. References 1865 births 1948 deaths New Zealand Christians New Zealand Christian Scientists People from Christchurch {{NewZealand-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ace Of Cups
Ace of Cups is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1967 during the Summer of Love era. It has been described as one of the first all-female rock bands. The members of Ace of Cups were Mary Gannon (bass), Marla Hunt (organ, piano), Denise Kaufman (guitar, harmonica), Mary Ellen Simpson (lead guitar), and Diane Vitalich (drums). Lead vocals were sung by all members of the band except Vitalich, and all five sang backup. The songwriting, too, was divided among the band members. Background Gannon was born in New York and moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s. She played bass for a short while in a band called Daemon Lover. Hunt, who had grown up in Los Angeles, had been playing the piano since she was three. Like Gannon, she also moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s. Hunt was introduced to Gannon through a mutual friend, and Gannon suggested that they form an all-female rock band. Simpson was from Indio, California. She began playing the guitar when she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Kell Finnis
Dorothy Mary Kell "Mollie" Finnis , née Simpson, (10 March 1903 – 19 May 1970), earlier known as Mary Kell Simpson was one of South Australia's first physiotherapists, and known for her treatment of children afflicted with poliomyelitis. History Dorothy was born in Unley Park, South Australia Unley Park is a southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. Its postcode is 5061. It is located on the north side of Cross Road and east of the Belair railway line. Access via public transport is from the Unley Park railway station, M ..., a daughter of architect Alfred Edward Simpson and his wife Frances Isabella Simpson, née Kell. She was educated at Walford House School where she was head prefect and editor of the school magazine. In 1924 she qualified for a diploma from the South Australian branch of the Australasian Massage Association and opened a private physiotherapy practice which she maintained until a few weeks before her death. She was in 1958 a foundation membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
