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3 unusual facts about Mary E. Sweeney


Mary E. Sweeney

When the Morrill Act passed in 1862, the "mechanic arts" became an important curricular reform movement for the U.S., offering wider access to education which until that time had focused on preparing young men for white-collar professions.

A model for child development laboratories, the research and model programs coming out of this institution eventually led to the development of national standards for the federal Head Start Program.

Born in Lexington, Kentucky on October 11, 1879, to Dr. W. O. Sweeney and Margaret Prewitt Sweeney, Mary E. Sweeney attended Transylvania University where she received her bachelor's degree in 1899.


Consumers Cooperative Services

It was founded in 1920 by a group of socially minded women, among them Mary E. Arnold, Mabel Reed, Dorothy Kenyon, Mary LaDame and Ruth True.

Francis E. Sweeney

While on the court, he formed a majority coalition with fellow Democrat Alice Robie Resnick and Republicans Paul Pfeifer and Andrew Douglas.

Francis Sweeney

Francis E. Sweeney (1934–2011), American judge and politician from Ohio

Francis J. Sweeney (1862–?), lawyer and politician in New Brunswick, Canada

Gerald Jennings

The mayor has also supported now-former U.S. Representative John E. Sweeney (R-Clifton Park).

Horse Protection Act of 1970

In 2005, HR 503, titled the "Horse Slaughter Prohibition Bill," was introduced by U.S. Representative John E. Sweeney (R-NY).

Kermit L. Hall

The ceremony was attended by numerous campus leaders including Provost Susan Herbst, SUNY Chancellor John Ryan, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Congressman John E. Sweeney, and Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings.

Martin L. Sweeney

He was re-elected to the Seventy-third and the four succeeding Congresses, serving from November 3, 1931, to January 3, 1943.

Sweeney was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A. Mooney.

Mary Butler

Mary E.L. Butler (1874–1920), Irish writer and Irish-language activist

Mary E. Britton

In 1859, along with older sister Julia Britton Hooks (later known as a gifted musician and educator, as well as Berea's first African American teacher), she was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, and was placed in the late Mr. WM.

Mary E. Cobb

The industry which she pioneered would outpace her own company under her son's direction who lacked the innovative speed of new innovators like Max Factor and Elizabeth Arden.

Mary E. Mann

It was directed by Orla O'Loughlin and written by Steven Canny.

Mary E. Surratt Boarding House

In April, 2011 the house gained some attention with the release of a film about Mary Surratt, The Conspirator by director Robert Redford.

Mary Surratt House

Mary E. Surratt Boarding House, in Washington, D.C., also known as Mary E. Surratt House

Stephen M. Sweeney

The New Jersey State League of Municipalities has opposed the provisions on elimination of Public-access television channels and on rules requiring free Internet accessed for municipal and school facilities.

Sweeney sponsored a 2002 law allowing municipalities and other public entities beginning a construction project to enter into a Project Labor Agreement (PLA), an agreement that establishes the terms and conditions of employment and prohibits the use of strikes and lockouts, which can save money by reducing cost overruns and work stoppages, and contribute to decreased labor unrest.

In response to heightened security warnings around potential targets such as chemical and nuclear plants since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, Senator Sweeney pushed to require potentially vulnerable facilities to implement security standards and to explore possible safer technologies.

Strange Luck

Strange Luck is an American television series that aired on FOX, created by Karl Schaefer and starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper, a freelance photographer afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time.

Wilson Magnet High School

Mary E. Clarke, was a director of the Women's Army Corps and the first woman to attain the rank of major general in the United States Army.


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