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Jackson Women's Health Organization (abbreviated JWHO and commonly known as the Pink House [1] [2]) was an abortion clinic located in a bright pink building in Jackson, Mississippi 's Fondren neighborhood. [3] It was the only abortion clinic in Mississippi since the other one closed in 2006. [4] The JWHO closed its doors on July 6, 2022 ...
Carla Hughes. Carla Ann Hughes (born June 12, 1981) [1] is a former middle school teacher and murderer from Jackson, Mississippi, who was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the November 29, 2006 slayings of her lover's pregnant fiancee, Avis Banks, and Banks's unborn child. [2] She is serving two consecutive sentences of life without ...
Helen O'Connell (urologist) Helen E. O'Connell AO (born 3 April 1962) is an Australian professor of urology and a pioneer in the anatomical study of the clitoris. She is a leading researcher in the area of female pelvic anatomy and was the first woman to complete training as a urologist in Australia.
Jeannace June Freeman. Jeannace June Freeman (1941/42 - 2003) was the first woman ever sentenced to death in the U.S. state of Oregon, and remained the only woman sentenced to death in Oregon until 2011. [1] Her conviction was upheld by the Oregon Supreme Court, [2] though she was not in fact executed. She was sentenced to death in 1961, for ...
Gannett. Pam Dankins, Mississippi Clarion Ledger. April 4, 2024 at 1:17 PM. The U.S. Department of Justice announced via a Thursday press release that the department will provide "technical ...
The City of Jackson has settled Robinson's wrongful death lawsuit filed by Wade for $17,786.25. Robinson, who is also Black, was hospitalized later that night and died two days later.
Ben Domenech (born 1981), conservative writer and blogger ( Jackson) David Herbert Donald (1920–2009), historian ( Goodman) Ellen Douglas (Josephine Haxton) (1921–2012), novelist ( Greenville) [67] Eliza Ann Dupuy (c. 1814 – 1880), first woman of Mississippi to earn her living as a writer.
Storms that slammed several Southern states added to the region's recent string of weather-related destruction and death, including that of a Louisiana woman who was nine months pregnant. The ...
Maureen Orth. Maureen Orth is an American journalist, author, and a Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine. She is the founder of Marina Orth Foundation, which has established a model education program in Colombia emphasizing technology, English, and leadership. She is the widow of TV journalist Tim Russert .
Frank Melton. Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) [1] was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009. Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary against Johnson, who had ...