Mabel Murphy

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Chirhart, Ann Short; Clark, Kathleen Ann (2014-01-01). Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820337845. Smythe-Haith married her first husband, Hugh H. Smythe, in 1939, after they met in Atlanta. The two had a daughter, Karen Pamela Smythe. Hugh Smythe died in 1978. In 1985, Smythe-Haith married retired hospital director, Robert Haith Jr., who died three years later. [8] May 16 Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer and songwriter ("Jungle Drum"; "Gollum's Song"), born in Kópavogur, Iceland May 26 Luca Toni, Italian soccer striker (47 caps; Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich), born in Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy

Dr. Smythe-Haith was a teacher and a writer, working at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., Tennessee State College in Nashville and Brooklyn College in New York. She also served as principal of the elite New Lincoln School in New York. Her first husband, Hugh H. Smythe, died in 1977; her second husband, Robert Haith Jr., died in 1988.Visiting Professor of Sociology-Anthropology at Yamaguchi National University, Yamaguchi City, Japan May 25 Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ (a Guinness World Record for the longest radio DJ marathon ever, lasting 198 hours of non-stop broadcasting), born in Haarlem, Netherlands

a b c Sullivan, Patricia (2006-02-25). "Mabel Smythe-Haith; Envoy, State Department Official". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2016-11-29. a b "Smythe-Haithe, Mabel - Dictionary definition of Smythe-Haithe, Mabel | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com . Retrieved 2016-11-03. Although fictional, this was a true story for many women of that time and is based on several older women whom the author met and supported whilst an NHS nurse in the large hospital system. She and her husband traveled extensively, taking students to Africa in the 1940s and going to Japan in the 1950s, when Dr. Smythe-Haith taught economics at Shiga University, learned Japanese and helped write a Japanese-English phrase book. Mabel collapsed on the shore and slept for days. She awoke as she was being captured by renegades, who had stopped to cool their guns in the water. Mabel was bound and chained to an unusual two-wheeled wagon, and the group began trekking west. Mabel’s love for life attracted the attention of “Cookie,” and the two of them became great friends. On dark nights, close to a small campfire, they traded recipes and baked delicious food; the aroma wafted through the air and made mouths water to all who smelled it.She consulted for Encyclopaedia Britannica, was scholar-in-residence for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and was an executive in the Phelps Stokes Fund. In 1953, Smythe-Haith joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund as deputy director. [3] She worked alongside Thurgood Marshall and helped him prepare the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case. May 14 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Denver Colorado (d. 2017) Anderson, Mark (2008-10-01). "The Complicated Career of Hugh Smythe … Anthropologist and Ambassador: The Early Years, 1940–50". Transforming Anthropology. 16 (2): 128–146. doi: 10.1111/j.1548-7466.2008.00021.x. ISSN 1548-7466.