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Patricia Kelly is one of the siblings in The Kelly Family group.
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Patricia "Trisha" Goddard is a British television presenter, actress and host best known for her morning talk show Trisha (1998–2010), which was broadcast on a mid-morning slot on ITV before later being moved to Channel 5. She has been based in the U.S. since 2010, when she started working on Maury as a conflict resolution expert. She hosted a U.S. version of her own talk show, named The Trisha Goddard Show, from 2012 until it was cancelled in 2014. As of 2022 Goddard presents You Are What You Eat.
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Patricia Roberts Harris quietly broke down barriers and served as a wide array of historical firsts in American politics and beyond.
Patricia Roberts was born in 1924 in Illinois. A product of public schools, she attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. on a scholarship. She graduated summa cum laude in 1945. A later profile said of Roberts, “[…] Harris was more apt to lecture the girls in her freshman dormitory on civil rights and the labor movement than to gossip about boys.”
While at Howard, she became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a historically-black sorority. She would later serve as the national executive director for the organization in the 1950s.
She completed graduate work at the University of Chicago from 1946 to 1949, studying industrial relations. Interested in working more in civil rights activism, she transferred to American University in Washington, D.C. in 1949. An opportunity opened up for Roberts to serve as the assistant director the American Council of Human Rights, and she continued graduate concurrently.
Roberts married William Harris, known as Bill, a prominent Washington attorney and Howard University law professor, in 1955. (Going forward, she is now referred to as Roberts Harris.)
At her husband's urging. Roberts Harris enrolled at George Washington University Law School. She graduated in 1960, first in her class, and passed the bar that same year.
After graduating from law school, Roberts Harris became an attorney in the appeals and research section of the criminal division of the Department of Justice. She developed a powerful friend in Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
In 1961, Roberts Harris joined Howard University as a lecturer and the associate dean of students. She ceased her dean role in 1963, but stayed on as lecturer, becoming a full professor. She began working for the National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union, building her resume in civil rights work.
Roberts Harris became increasingly associated with the Democratic Party as the 1960s progressed. In 1963, Pres. John F. Kennedy selected Roberts Harris to chair the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights, described as an "umbrella organization encompassing some 100 women's groups throughout the nation."
In 1964, Roberts Harris was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. She worked in Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign that year, and seconded his nomination at the convention.
In October 1965, Johnson appointed Roberts Harris to be the US ambassador to Luxembourg. Johnson had implored Roberts Harris to join his administration, but she declined; the Luxembourg appointment was his backup appointment. She became the first Black woman to serve as US ambassador. Upon her appointed, Roberts Harris said, "I feel deeply proud and grateful this President chose me to knock down this barrier, but also a little sad about being the 'first Negro woman' because it implies we were not considered before." Harris served until 1967. Husband Bill went along as a special consultant to the State Department on European legal problems.
After returning from her ambassadorial service in 1967, Roberts Harris returned again to Howard University's School of Law.
In 1969, she became the first woman to serve as Dean of Howard University's School of Law. The appointment was historic: she become the first Black woman to serve as a law school dean anywhere in the United States. That said, the tenure was brief: she resigned after just a month. At the time, striking students had taken over the school, very much in the turbulent spirit of the era. Roberts Harris resigned, charging that Howard's administration failed to support her in her negotiations with students. In 1977, the Washington Post described it as "her one failure." Later on, Roberts Harris’ actions during her brief deanship would lead civil rights activists to question her commitment to the cause in her later government service.
After leaving Howard in 1969, Roberts Harris moved into private practice, joining Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, a prestigious Washington, D.C. law firm.
In the 1970s, Roberts Harris branched into the corporate world. She was name to the board of directors of IBM in 1971, becoming the first Black American woman to sit on a Fortune 500 company's board of director. She also joined the boards of Scott Paper, the National Bank of Washington, and Chase Manhattan Bank. She told Life Magazine in 1971, "I'm a first on many boards, but I'm not going to be content to remain the only black, or the only woman."
Concurrently, she continued her involvement in Democratic Party politics. In the 1972, Roberts Harris served as chair of the Democratic National Committee's credentials committee. In 1973, she served as member-at-large to the Democratic National Committee.
After Pres. Jimmy Carter was elected, Carter selected Roberts Harris to become the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Upon her selection and confirmation, she became the first Black woman to serve in a Cabinet, and the first Black woman to appear in the presidential line of succession.
During her confirmation hearing, Sen. William Proxmire challenged Roberts Harris' nomination, asking if she could represent poor and less fortunate in the country. His perception was that she, a prominent lawyer and figure in corporate America, came from too affluent a background. Some in civil rights communities quietly agreed, skeptical of her bonafides for the job. Roberts Harris had moved from the civil rights activism of the 1950s and 1960s to the corporate world; despite being a pioneer in that field, her commitment to causes was questioned.
Roberts Harris' response was powerful: "Senator, I am one of them. You do not seem to understand who I am. I am a black woman, the daughter of a dining car waiter. …a black woman who could not buy a house eight years ago in parts of the District of Columbia. I didn't start out as a member of a prestigious law firm, but as a woman who needed a scholarship to go to school. If you think I have forgotten that, you are wrong… if my life has any meaning at all, it is that those who start out as outcasts may end up being part of the system."
Roberts Harris' tenure as HUD Secretary saw a significant shift in department priorities. Roberts Harris pushed funding to upgrading deteriorating neighborhoods versus slum clearance. She expanded the Urban Homesteading Plan and initiated Urban Development Action Grants to lure businesses into blighted areas. As the Washington Post wrote in 1982, under her leadership, "the agency had changed from a mere extension of the nation's housing industry to an advocate for saving inner cities."
Roberts Harris affected complicated feelings among colleagues. A colleague told the Washington Post, "She's really hard and terribly calculating. […] She wouldn't have survived to get where she is if she weren't."
In 1979, Carter appointed Roberts Harris Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). When HEW was split into a separate Department of Education and a separate Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Congress in 1980, Roberts Harris was named the first Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Reflecting on her own legacy in the Carter Cabinet, Harris Roberts was critical. She noted that civil rights enforcement had fallen during her Cabinet service, and that many of her programs had moved too slowly, particularly for her hometown of Washington, D.C.
In 1982, Roberts Harris sought her first elected office, the mayoralty of Washington, D.C. She lost the primary to incumbent mayor Marion Barry. Her campaign manager, Sharon Pratt, one of her former law students, became the first woman to serve as Washington, D.C.'s mayor in 1991.
She ended her career as a full-time law professor at George Washington University.
Roberts Harris died in 1985 at age 60 of breast cancer.
Patricia Roberts Harris was inducted into the National Hall of Fame posthumously in 2003.
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Patricia Roberts was born in 1924 in Illinois. A product of public schools, she attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. on a scholarship. She graduated summa cum laude in 1945. A later profile said of Roberts, “[…] Harris was more apt to lecture the girls in her freshman dormitory on civil rights and the labor movement than to gossip about boys.”
While at Howard, she became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a historically-black sorority. She would later serve as the national executive director for the organization in the 1950s.
She completed graduate work at the University of Chicago from 1946 to 1949, studying industrial relations. Interested in working more in civil rights activism, she transferred to American University in Washington, D.C. in 1949. An opportunity opened up for Roberts to serve as the assistant director the American Council of Human Rights, and she continued graduate concurrently.
Roberts married William Harris, known as Bill, a prominent Washington attorney and Howard University law professor, in 1955. (Going forward, she is now referred to as Roberts Harris.)
At her husband's urging. Roberts Harris enrolled at George Washington University Law School. She graduated in 1960, first in her class, and passed the bar that same year.
After graduating from law school, Roberts Harris became an attorney in the appeals and research section of the criminal division of the Department of Justice. She developed a powerful friend in Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
In 1961, Roberts Harris joined Howard University as a lecturer and the associate dean of students. She ceased her dean role in 1963, but stayed on as lecturer, becoming a full professor. She began working for the National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union, building her resume in civil rights work.
Roberts Harris became increasingly associated with the Democratic Party as the 1960s progressed. In 1963, Pres. John F. Kennedy selected Roberts Harris to chair the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights, described as an "umbrella organization encompassing some 100 women's groups throughout the nation."
In 1964, Roberts Harris was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. She worked in Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign that year, and seconded his nomination at the convention.
In October 1965, Johnson appointed Roberts Harris to be the US ambassador to Luxembourg. Johnson had implored Roberts Harris to join his administration, but she declined; the Luxembourg appointment was his backup appointment. She became the first Black woman to serve as US ambassador. Upon her appointed, Roberts Harris said, "I feel deeply proud and grateful this President chose me to knock down this barrier, but also a little sad about being the 'first Negro woman' because it implies we were not considered before." Harris served until 1967. Husband Bill went along as a special consultant to the State Department on European legal problems.
After returning from her ambassadorial service in 1967, Roberts Harris returned again to Howard University's School of Law.
In 1969, she became the first woman to serve as Dean of Howard University's School of Law. The appointment was historic: she become the first Black woman to serve as a law school dean anywhere in the United States. That said, the tenure was brief: she resigned after just a month. At the time, striking students had taken over the school, very much in the turbulent spirit of the era. Roberts Harris resigned, charging that Howard's administration failed to support her in her negotiations with students. In 1977, the Washington Post described it as "her one failure." Later on, Roberts Harris’ actions during her brief deanship would lead civil rights activists to question her commitment to the cause in her later government service.
After leaving Howard in 1969, Roberts Harris moved into private practice, joining Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, a prestigious Washington, D.C. law firm.
In the 1970s, Roberts Harris branched into the corporate world. She was name to the board of directors of IBM in 1971, becoming the first Black American woman to sit on a Fortune 500 company's board of director. She also joined the boards of Scott Paper, the National Bank of Washington, and Chase Manhattan Bank. She told Life Magazine in 1971, "I'm a first on many boards, but I'm not going to be content to remain the only black, or the only woman."
Concurrently, she continued her involvement in Democratic Party politics. In the 1972, Roberts Harris served as chair of the Democratic National Committee's credentials committee. In 1973, she served as member-at-large to the Democratic National Committee.
After Pres. Jimmy Carter was elected, Carter selected Roberts Harris to become the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Upon her selection and confirmation, she became the first Black woman to serve in a Cabinet, and the first Black woman to appear in the presidential line of succession.
During her confirmation hearing, Sen. William Proxmire challenged Roberts Harris' nomination, asking if she could represent poor and less fortunate in the country. His perception was that she, a prominent lawyer and figure in corporate America, came from too affluent a background. Some in civil rights communities quietly agreed, skeptical of her bonafides for the job. Roberts Harris had moved from the civil rights activism of the 1950s and 1960s to the corporate world; despite being a pioneer in that field, her commitment to causes was questioned.
Roberts Harris' response was powerful: "Senator, I am one of them. You do not seem to understand who I am. I am a black woman, the daughter of a dining car waiter. …a black woman who could not buy a house eight years ago in parts of the District of Columbia. I didn't start out as a member of a prestigious law firm, but as a woman who needed a scholarship to go to school. If you think I have forgotten that, you are wrong… if my life has any meaning at all, it is that those who start out as outcasts may end up being part of the system."
Roberts Harris' tenure as HUD Secretary saw a significant shift in department priorities. Roberts Harris pushed funding to upgrading deteriorating neighborhoods versus slum clearance. She expanded the Urban Homesteading Plan and initiated Urban Development Action Grants to lure businesses into blighted areas. As the Washington Post wrote in 1982, under her leadership, "the agency had changed from a mere extension of the nation's housing industry to an advocate for saving inner cities."
Roberts Harris affected complicated feelings among colleagues. A colleague told the Washington Post, "She's really hard and terribly calculating. […] She wouldn't have survived to get where she is if she weren't."
In 1979, Carter appointed Roberts Harris Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). When HEW was split into a separate Department of Education and a separate Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Congress in 1980, Roberts Harris was named the first Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Reflecting on her own legacy in the Carter Cabinet, Harris Roberts was critical. She noted that civil rights enforcement had fallen during her Cabinet service, and that many of her programs had moved too slowly, particularly for her hometown of Washington, D.C.
In 1982, Roberts Harris sought her first elected office, the mayoralty of Washington, D.C. She lost the primary to incumbent mayor Marion Barry. Her campaign manager, Sharon Pratt, one of her former law students, became the first woman to serve as Washington, D.C.'s mayor in 1991.
She ended her career as a full-time law professor at George Washington University.
Roberts Harris died in 1985 at age 60 of breast cancer.
Patricia Roberts Harris was inducted into the National Hall of Fame posthumously in 2003.
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Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actor, model, and comedian.
She is best known for her TV roles of Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Frances "Frankie" Heck on The Middle.
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She is best known for her TV roles of Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Frances "Frankie" Heck on The Middle.
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Princess Patricia of Connaught, or Lady Patricia Ramsay was a member of the British Royal family. She married a commoner and relinquished her titles. Her full name was Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth.
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Patricia Anne Rainone, known as Patricia Morrison, is a bassist who has played in The Bags, the Gun Club, Fur Bible, Legal Weapon, Sisters of Mercy and the Damned.
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Patricia Ryan Madson is an author, teacher, and master of improv.
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Remember all those "PATRICIA!" memes on Vimeo and TikTok?
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Lucky Star Character. See http://luckystar.wikia.com/wiki/Patricia_Martin.
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Patricia Wagon is a cyborg police officer in Mighty Switch Force, then a firefighter in the sequel, and then an Academy Cadet in Mighty Switch Force! Academy.
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Patricia (Pat) Morgan, aka. Patblygu is a part of the Welsh language experimental band called Datblygu.
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Patricia "Patsy" Walker aka Hellcat is a model, actress, and media personality in Marvel Comics and adaptations, notably the 2015 Netflix series 'Jessica Jones' where she is portrayed by Australian actress and model Rachael May Taylor. In 'Jessica Jones', Walker attempts to distance herself from her childhood fame as "Patsy Walker" by calling herself "Trish" instead. She has a highly successful radio talk show called 'Trish Talk'.
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Patricia "Patty" McCormack is an American actress with a career in theater, films, and television. McCormack began her career as a child actress. She is perhaps best known for her performance as Rhoda Penmark in Maxwell Anderson's 1954 psychological drama The Bad Seed. She received critical acclaim for the role on Broadway and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mervyn LeRoy's film adaptation of the same name in 1956. Her acting career has continued with both starring and supporting roles in film and television, including Helen Keller in the original Playhouse 90 production of The Miracle Worker and a more recent performance as Pat Nixon in Frost/Nixon.
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Patricia Rooney Mara is an American actress and philanthropist. She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary and went on to have a breakout role in the independent coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall, followed by roles in the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the biographical drama film The Social Network.
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Patricia Ann "Patsy" Ramsey was an American beauty pageant winner, who, at the age of 20 in 1977, was selected as Miss West Virginia. She was best known as the mother of JonBenét Ramsey, a 6-year-old child beauty pageant queen who was murdered on December 25/26, 1996.
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Patricia Kara is a model, actress, and TV personality. She began her career in Chicago, before moving to Miami, New York City, and finally, her current home in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her career, she has done segments for the TV Guide Channel's coverage of the Golden Globes, the Catherine Zeta-Jones benefit for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and the E! Network's Wild On! Series. She was also a Spring Break VJ in Lake Havasu and Panama City Beach. She has also done Three to Tango, the NPPL Super 7 World Series Paintball Tournaments on PBTV, segments for TVG, and OLN's Wakeboarding Power Hour.
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Patricia Helen Heaton is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying Debra Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005, and as Frances "Frankie" Heck on the ABC sitcom The Middle.
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Patricia "Patty" Aakhus, also known by her maiden name and pseudonym, Patricia McDowell, was an American novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana. She specialized in Irish themes and won Readercon's Best Imaginative Literature Award in 1990 and the Cahill Award for The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh.
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Patricia Yurena Rodríguez Alonso is a Spanish actress, model and beauty queen who has represented Spain at both the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants. She is the first Miss Spain who is a lesbian.
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Patricia Kaas is a French singer and actress with an International following. Stylistically her music is not classical chanson, but is closer to a mixture of pop music, cabaret, jazz and chanson.
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Pat Benatar's real name is Patricia Mae Andrzejewski!
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Hurricane Patricia (2015), which hit Mexico, is the strongest hurricane recorded in the Western Hemisphere at a rare Category 5.
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Patricia Knight, born Marjorie Heintzen (Born: April 28, 1915, Died: October 26, 2004), was an American actress.
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Patricia "Trisha" Ann Ruth Noble, an Australian singer and actress.
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Hazel Patricia Moder is a daughter of actress Julia Roberts.
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Patricia Cornwell (born 1956 in Miami, Florida) is an American writer and novelist.
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Patricia van der Vliet is a Dutch fashion model.
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Another famous bearer was actress Patricia Neal (1926-2010), who was the first wife of Roald Dahl and the grandmother of model Sophie Dahl.
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Patricia Morison is a former actress, famous for her very long hair. She starred in the original production of the play Kiss Me, Kate.
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A famous bearer is American jazz singer Patricia Barber (born 24 March 1956). She is well known for her jazz-inspired interpretations of classic rock songs, such as "Ode to Billie Joe" & "Black Magic Woman".
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Patricia Martin, the American exchange student in the anime Lucky Star. She is known for having a voice in the English dub that a lot of Lucky Star fans say "makes your ear feel like it's getting screwed."
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There's also Patricia Day, the lead singer for the Danish psychobilly/rockabilly band HorrorPops.
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Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE (born 17 February 1929, known as Patricia Routledge) is an English actress and singer. In addition to her roles in British television, she has had a long and successful career in musical theatre, as well as in film. She is best known for appearing as the main character in the 90's British comedy, Keeping Up Appearances, in which she plays Hyacinth Bucket ("Bouquet"), as well as many other film and television roles throughout her life. :)
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George Harrison and Eric Clapton's former wife, Pattie (Patricia) Boyd was also well known for her modeling work.
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There are authors named Patricia Cornwell and Patricia Lewin.
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Patricia Polacco is a famous author. I love her books.
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I am from Venezuela, and there is a famous actress from here who is named Patricia Velasquez. She acted in The Mummy.
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I met Patricia O'Neal on Martha's Vineyard and she was lovely to talk with. I was in awe of her when she spoke to me. I just remember watching all those John Wayne movies when she was a Nurse and there she was standing beside me asking me a question. How great is that!
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Alfred and Alma Hitchcock named their daughter Patricia.
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Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers.
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Patricia Arquette is a famous actress.
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Grace Kelly's middle name was Patricia.
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