❤️ Erin McKenney 🙏

"Erin McKenney (born 9 April 1998) is an American human rights activist. Early Life and education Raised in New Hampshire, McKenney was recognized for her achievements in activism and service from an early age, earning an Activism Award through Junior State of America and the St. Timothy's Award through the Catholic Diocese of Manchester. She also interned at the New Hampshire State House throughout high school as part of the Girls Rock the Capitol Program. She was also a member of the New Hampshire Legislative Youth Advisory Council. As a student at Lafayette College, McKenney was a Marquis Scholar. She received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, anthropology and sociology. She graduated summa cum laude with honors in psychology and department awards. She is currently a PhD Student in Clinical Psychology at Rowan University. Advocacy work McKenney has been involved in advocacy work, earning the Girl Scout Gold Award by creating a role-model-based STEM program for young women, the Curiosity Science Program.Curiosity Science Program website This program features a series of interactive lab activities that each are tied to a female scientist in a related field. She collects letters from women in STEM fields around the world to give to her students, in an effort to help the young women find positive examples they could relate to and share support from the STEM community. \- \- This program also earned her recognition as a Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains Young Woman of Distinction in 2017. In interviews with the BBC, McKenney explained that "teaching a girl that her voice deserves to be heard is the most valuable lesson she can ever be taught," and "people need to know that their place in the world is anywhere they want it to be. There is no job that is masculine or feminine. The only thing that really matters is that they're doing something they believe in." This program earned her recognition from the BBC and a spot on the list of 100 Women for 2016. She was one of the youngest women on this list. McKenney also worked with BBC in London on their 100 Women Wikipedia campaign, in an effort to create more pages for women, because she believes strongly in increasing the visibility of role models for young women. \- References 1998 births Living people Girl Scouts who have earned the Gold Award Activists from New Hampshire American women activists BBC 100 Women American human rights activists Roman Catholic activists Lafayette College alumni "

❤️ Ibera seedeater 🙏

"The Ibera seedeater (Sporophila iberaensis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, formerly included within the family of American sparrows (Emberizidae). It is found in the Iberá Wetlands. It was described in 2016. Taxonomy The specific epithet iberaensis refers to the species main distribution throughout the Iberá Wetlands in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Description References Ibera seedeater Birds of Argentina Iberá Wetlands "

❤️ John Ridgeway (died 1560) 🙏

"Canting arms of Ridgeway (ancient) alias Peacock: Argent, on a chevron engrailed gules three trefoils or between three peacock's heads erased azure crowns about their necks orPole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.499 modern): Sable, a pair of wings conjoined and elevated argent John Ridgeway (c. 1517 – 1560) (alias Peacock) of Abbots Carswell and Tor Mohun in Devon, was a lawyer who served as a Member of Parliament, twice for Dartmouth in 1539 and 1545 and twice for Exeter in 1553 and 1554.Virgoe Origins He was the son of Michael Ridgeway of Newton Abbot, Devon, a brewer, the name of whose wife is not recorded. Vivian (1895) suggested he was the son of Stephen Ridgeway, Mayor of Exeter in 1491.Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.647, pedigree of Ridgeway: regnal date 7 Henry VIII. Suggested by use of dotted line An alternative surname of "Peacock", to that of Ridgeway, was declared in 1564 by his descendant to the heralds at the Heraldic Visitation of Devon, but this name has not been found in other surviving records.Vivian, p.647; Virgoe The ancient arms of "Ridgway" as recorded by Pole do however make a canting reference to this "alias": Argent, on a chevron engrailed gules three trefoils or between three peacock's heads erased azure crowns about their necks or.Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.499 The family's modern arms, which they bore in the time of Pole (d.1635), were recorded by the latter as: Sable, two angel's wings conjoined tips upwards argent. These arms are displayed on the Ridgeway monument in Tor Mohun Church, and are a differenced version the arms of Barnehowse, whose co-heiress was Mary Southcott, the wife of Sir Thomas Ridgeway, son of John: Gules, two wings conjoined in lure argent.Pole, p.469 Career He trained as a lawyer at the Middle Temple. In 1538, and immediately before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he was appointed joint Chief Steward of Torre Abbey in Devon (which his son later purchased from the crown), and for Syon Monastery in Middlesex. He served as Escheator of Devon and Cornwall (1554-5) and occupied the honourable position of Recorder of Totnes in 1554. He was ordered by the crown to provide troops for the French campaign of 1544 and victuals for the war in Scotland in 1547. Land purchases He acquired various manors in Devon including: *Abbots Carswell in Devon, which he made his seat, formerly a possession of Sherborne Abbey in Dorset,Pole, Sir William (died 1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.269 which he acquired in 1540 following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the bill enabling which (31 Hen. VIII, c.31) he had voted in favour of in the Parliament of 1539. *Tor Mohun, Devon, which he also made his seat, having purchased it from the feudal baron of DunsterPole, p.272 (thus either Sir John Luttrell (died 1551) of Dunster Castle in Somerset, or his younger brother Thomas Luttrell (died 1571) of Dunster Castle). His son Thomas Ridgeway later purchased Torre Abbey,Risdon, Tristram (died 1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.146 situated a few hundred yards to the south-west of his manor house at Tor Mohun, from Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet of nearby Berry Pomeroy Castle, which had been acquired following the Dissolution of the Monasteries by his grandfather Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England. Marriage and progeny At some time before 1542 he married Elizabeth Wendford (alias WondfordVivian), daughter of John Wendford of Newton Abbot, by whom he had one son and two daughters: *Thomas Ridgeway (1543–1598), a Member of Parliament for Dartmouth in 1584 and father of Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry (c. 1565 – 1631). *Anne Ridgeway, wife of Robert Prideaux (died 1579) of Ashburton, Attorney at Law and younger brother of John Prideaux (1520–1558) of Nutwell, Devon, Serjeant at Law, MP for Plymouth and Devon.Vivian, p.624, pedigree of Prideaux *Margaret Ridgeway, wife of Hugh Yeoworthe of Devon.Vivian, p.647 Death and burial He died at his seat of Tor Mohun on 24 April 1560 and was buried in St Saviour's Church,Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.851 Tor Mohun. Memorial tablet Inscribed tablet to John Ridgeway, Tor Mohun Church Monument to Sir Thomas Ridgeway (d.1598), Tor Mohun Church, on which the memorial tablet to his father John Ridgeway is affixed An inscribed tablet in his memory forms one of three similar forming part of the surviving elaborate monument erected by his grandson in St Saviour's Church, primarily in memory of his father Sir Thomas Ridgeway, whose semi-recumbent alabaster effigy is displayed. The Latin inscription is as follows: :Johannes Ridgeway Armiger vir libere et ingenue educatus acuti ingenii et in rebus agendis egregie versatus eoq nomine de patria et republica optime meritus summae et integrae fidei apud reges Henricum Octavum Edovardum Sextum et Mariam reginam. Pater Thomae Ridgeway hic conditi avus Thomae Ridgeway Militis filii haeredis eiusdem Thomae hoc loco etiam requiescens et cuius digna memoria nunc quoq(ue) posteritati com(m)endatur. Elizabetham Wentford faeminam omni laude dignam hac aede sepultam habuit conjugem e qua sobolem reliquit Thomam hic placide dormientem filium unicum haeredem filias vero duas primogenitam (Margaretam) Hugoni Earth Armi(ge)ro conjugatam alteram (Annam) ..... Prideaux Armigero in matrimonium datum :Which may be translated: "John Ridgeway, Esquire, a man liberally and nobly educated, of sharp intellect and outstandingly skilled in effecting business and on that account most well deserving ..... Of the highest and unblemished loyalty towards Kings Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary. The father of Thomas Ridgeway here buried, the grandfather of Sir Thomas Ridgeway, Knight, son and heir of the same Thomas, also resting in this place, the worthy memory of whom now also is commended to posterity. Elizabeth Wentford, a woman worthy of all praise buried in this church, he had as his wife, by whom he left progeny Thomas, here peacefully sleeping, his only son and heir, two daughters, the first-born (Margaret), married to Hugh Earth (i.e. "Yeoworthe"), Esquire, the second (Anne) given in marriage to ..... Prideaux, Esquire". Sources *Virgoe, Roger, biography of Ridgeway, John (by 1517-60), of the Middle Temple, London, and Newton Abbot, Abbotskerswell and Tor Mohun, Devon, published in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 References Lawyers from Devon English MPs 1539–1540 English MPs 1545–1547 English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554 1510s births 1560 deaths Year of birth uncertain Members of the Parliament of England for Dartmouth Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter "