Mary Jane Blige is an American singer,songwriter,rapper,actress,and entrepreneur. Often referred to as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and "Queen of R&B",Blige has won nine Grammy Awards,a Primetime Emmy Award,four American Music Awards,twelve NAACP Image Awards,and twelve Billboard Music Awards,including the Billboard Icon Award. She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards,including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its original song "Mighty River",becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. In October of 2024 Blige was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer for her contributions to music.
There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly,who co-wrote it with Ed Decter and John J. Strauss. The film features Cameron Diaz as the title character,while Ben Stiller,Matt Dillon,Lee Evans,and Chris Elliott all play men who are in love with Mary,and vying for her affection.
Patricia Mae Giraldo is an American singer and songwriter. In the United States,she has two multi-platinum albums,five platinum albums,and 15 US Billboard top 40 singles,while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums,and she has sold over 36 million albums worldwide. She is also a four-time Grammy Award winner. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2022.
Carolyn Jane Maloney is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 12th congressional district from 2013 to 2023,and for New York's 14th congressional district from 1993 to 2013. The district includes most of Manhattan's East Side,Astoria and Long Island City in Queens,Greenpoint,Brooklyn,as well as Roosevelt Island. A member of the Democratic Party,Maloney ran for reelection in 2022 but lost the primary to 10th district incumbent Jerry Nadler after redistricting drew them both into the 12th district.
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive who was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
Mary Frances Clarke,B.V.M. was an Irish nun who founded the Catholic order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
"Love Is a Battlefield" is a song by American singer Pat Benatar,released on September 12,1983,as a single from Benatar's live album Live from Earth (1983),though the song itself was a studio recording. It was written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. The song was ranked at number 30 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. "Love Is a Battlefield" went on to sell over a million records.
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake is an American politician and attorney who served as the 50th Mayor of Baltimore from 2010 to 2016,the second woman to hold that office. She has also served as secretary of the Democratic National Committee and as president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
Margaret L. "Maggie" McIntosh is an American politician from the state of Maryland. She was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1993 to 2023. She is a former Baltimore City Public School teacher who now chairs one of the six standing committees of the Maryland House of Delegates. A Democrat,she represented the state's 43rd district in Baltimore City. Following her retirement from the Maryland House of Delegates in 2023,McIntosh has worked as a senior consultant at the Cornerstone Government Affairs lobbying group.
Mary Pat Clarke was an American politician who represented the 14th district in the Baltimore City Council. She served as both council president and council member for 24 out of the last 35 years as of 2010. She is the first woman ever elected president of the Baltimore City Council and until 2016 was the only non-incumbent to win a council seat since single-member districts were mandated by Baltimore voters through Question P in 2002.
Brenda Lawrence is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 14th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Lawrence served as mayor of Southfield,Michigan,from 2001 to 2015,and was the party's nominee for Oakland County executive in 2008 and for lieutenant governor in 2010. Her congressional district covered most of eastern Detroit,including downtown,and stretched west to take in portions of Oakland County,including Farmington Hills,Pontiac,and Lawrence's home in Southfield.
Pat Parker was an African American poet and activist. Both her poetry and her activism drew from her experiences as a Black lesbian feminist. Her poetry spoke about her tough childhood growing up in poverty,dealing with sexual assault,and the murder of a sister. At eighteen,Parker was in an abusive relationship and had a miscarriage after being pushed down a flight of stairs. After two divorces,she came out as a lesbian,"embracing her sexuality" and said she was liberated and "knew no limits when it came to expressing the innermost parts of herself".
Susanna Mary Clarke is an English author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange &Mr Norrell (2004),a Hugo Award-winning alternative history. Clarke began Jonathan Strange in 1993 and worked on it during her spare time. For the next decade,she published short stories from the Strange universe,but it was not until 2003 that Bloomsbury bought her manuscript and began work on its publication. The novel became a best-seller.
Lauren Ashley Underwood is an American politician and registered nurse who is a U.S. representative from Illinois's 14th congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party. Her district,once represented by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert,includes the outer western suburbs of Chicago,including Crystal Lake,Geneva,Oswego,Woodstock,and Yorkville.
Bernard C. "Jack" Young is an American politician and former mayor of Baltimore,Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party,Young was elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1996,representing Baltimore's second district. In 2010,Young became City Council President following Stephanie Rawlings-Blake taking over as mayor due to the indictment of Sheila Dixon. On April 2,2019,Young was named acting mayor during the leave of absence by Mayor Catherine Pugh. Following Pugh's resignation on May 2,2019,Young was fully vested as mayor of the city. In October 2019,Young announced that he was running to retain his position as Mayor in the 2020 election. He lost the Democratic nomination for mayor,despite raising more money than the other candidates. Instead,Brandon Scott won the nomination for mayor in the 2020 general election,which he went on to win.
The 2020 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 3,2020,concurrent with the general election. Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott,the Democratic Party nominee,won a sizable victory over independent candidate Bob Wallace,Republican Party nominee Shannon Wright,and Working Class Party nominee David Harding.
Audrey J. S. Carrion is an American judge who has served as an associate judge on the Eighth Judicial Circuit in Baltimore since 1999,as that court's administrative judge as of 2020,and later as its chief judge.
Amy Nicole Langville is an American mathematician and operations researcher,and is also a former star basketball player at the high school and college levels. One of the main topics in her research is ranking systems such as the PageRank system used by Google for ranking web pages. She has also applied her ranking expertise to basketball bracketology. She is a professor of mathematics at the College of Charleston.
The 2022 Maryland Comptroller election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next Comptroller of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot declined to run for a fifth term and instead ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland.
Kathleen Feeley is a former president of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
