Ann Taylor (poet)

Ann Taylor (30 January 1782 - 20 December 1866) was an English poet and literary critic. In her youth she was a writer of verse for children, for which she achieved long-lasting popularity. In the years immediately preceding her marriage, she became an astringent literary critic of growing reputation. She is, however, best remembered as the elder sister and collaborator of Jane Taylor.

The literary family

The Taylor sisters were part of an extensive literary family, daughters of Isaac Taylor of Ongar. Ann was born in Islington and lived with her family at first in London and later in Lavenham in Suffolk, in Colchester and, briefly, in Ongar. The sisters' father, Isaac Taylor, was, like his father, an engraver, and later became an educational pioneer and Independent minister and wrote a number of instructional books for the young. Their mother, Mrs. (Ann Martin) Taylor (1757–1830) wrote seven works of moral and religious advice - in many respects liberal for their time - two of them fictionalized.

Ann Taylor

Ann Taylor may refer to:

See also

Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton

Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, PC (born 2 July 1947) is a British Labour Party politician, who was Minister for International Defence and Security, based at both the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, from October 2008 until 11 May 2010.

Member of Parliament

Taylor fought Bolton West in February 1974 (failing to win by 603 votes), then was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the seat from October 1974 to 1983. She fought the new seat of Bolton North East in 1983, being defeated by the Conservative Peter Thurnham, before representing Dewsbury from 1987 until 2005.

Frontbench roles

Ann Taylor has held the following positions:

Ann Taylor (newscaster)

Ann Taylor (born c. 1945 in Johnson City, Tennessee) is a newscaster for National Public Radio (NPR), contributing to All Things Considered since 1989.

Personal

In 1949, Taylor and her family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee as her father was appointed to become a federal judge by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. She graduated from West High School and Chatham Hall.

Education

She graduated from Chatham Hall and attended Sweet Briar College, before transferring to and graduating from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she majored in English and minored in history.

Career

She was a newscaster for WATE in Knoxville and WTOP in Washington, D.C., prior to joining NBC. She worked for NBC for fifteen years.

Family

Taylor is the daughter of Florence McCain and Judge Robert L. Taylor.

Awards and honors

She was awarded the Gabriel Certificate of Merit. She was also a 1996 Notable University of Tennessee Woman Award Recipient and in 1979 an American Women in Radio and Television commendation for "The Women's Program."