Mabel was an Irish immigrant who escaped from the terrible potato famine by boarding an unknown ship destined for America. After many hardships at sea, the ship sank in heavy fog three miles from the coast. Mabel was one of the few who survived but had lost all her belongings and her sense of direction. Determined to live, she swam for two months until she reached the shore, wrinkled and waterlogged, on the Minnesota side of Lake Superior. May 2 Luke Hudson, American MLB baseball pitcher, 2002-07 (Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals), born in Fountain Valley, California May 6 Shannon Shakespeare, Canadian 100m swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Mission, British Columbia Visiting Professor of Sociology-Anthropology at Yamaguchi National University, Yamaguchi City, Japan Born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 3, 1918, Mabel Murphy Smythe-Haith was the daughter of Josephine Dibble and Henry Saunders Murphy. She had two older sisters and a younger brother. Both her parents were college educated and actively involved in the world of education. Her father began his career teaching at what is now Langston University. He later moved to what is now Alabama State where he stayed for several years before he accepted a job with the Standard Life Insurance Company to organize and run their printing division. Her mother spent a year as the dean of women at Fort Valley State College in Atlanta, Georgia, before becoming a “university hostess” at Atlanta University where she also served as the president of Alumni Association for twenty-two years. Smythe-Haith enrolled in Spelman College when she was 15 but transferred to Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts to complete her bachelor's degree. [1] Two years after she received her bachelor's degree, she married Hugh H. Smythe. After her marriage, Smythe-Haith earned her master's degree from Northwestern University in 1940 and a doctoral degree in labor economics and law in 1942 from the University of Wisconsin. [2] Career [ edit ]

Her first husband was appointed ambassador to Syria, then Malta, by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Dr. Smythe-Haith, who also had served in a variety of appointed government positions for international and cultural affairs, was appointed by President Johnson as the U.S. representative to UNESCO. Field Research and Administrative Assistant for the American Youth Commission of the American Council of Education, Atlanta, Georgia. 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 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 May 16 Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer and songwriter ("Jungle Drum"; "Gollum's Song"), born in Kópavogur, Iceland May 10 Amanda Borden, American gymnast (World silver 1994, Olympic gold 1996), born in Cincinnati, Ohio 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.

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. It's 1920s London and the world is in a deep economic depression. Times are very hard and the city is rife with unemployment, poverty and disease. One family in East London She worked with Thurgood Marshall on preparation for the historic desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education. a b "Smythe-Haithe, Mabel - Dictionary definition of Smythe-Haithe, Mabel | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com . Retrieved 2016-11-03. Nolan, Cathal J. (1997-01-01). Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313291951.This is a harrowing story of innocence, shame, hostility and vicious cruelty from the very people who should be caring for those in need, but it is tempered with love, hope and the potential to change one's situation given the right opportunities.

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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. Research Assistant and Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences (Sociology) University, Nashville, Tennessee. 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.

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. If you're coming to Coles by car, why not take advantage of the 2 hours free parking at Sainsbury's Pioneer Square - just follow the signs for Pioneer Square as you drive into Bicester and park in the multi-storey car park above the supermarket. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. You don't need to shop in Sainsbury's to get the free parking! Where to Find Us May 7 Elton Flatley, Australian rugby union fly-half (38 caps; 187 points; Queensland Reds 114 games, 609 points), born in Tamworth, NSW May 13 Diane Halber, American figure skater (1996 National Collegiate champ), born in Torrance, CaliforniaMay 14 Robert Maynard Hutchins, American educational philosopher (University of Chicago), dies at 78