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Gina Barreca. Regina Barreca (born 1957) is an American academic and humorist. She is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English literature and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut and winner of UConn's highest award for excellence in teaching. [1] [2] She is the author of ten books, including the best selling They Used ...
Gina Raimondo. Gina Marie Raimondo ( / rəˈmɒndoʊ /; born May 17, 1971) is an American businesswoman, lawyer, politician, and venture capitalist who has served since 2021 as the 40th United States secretary of commerce. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021, and was the first ...
Gina (occasional variants Geena, Gena, Jena, Jeana, Jeanna) is a feminine given name, in origin a hypocoristic form of names ending in -gina (by metanalysis of the latinate feminine suffix -ina ), such as Luigina, Regina or Georgina, also of Virginia or Eugenia . The short form was popularized in the 1950s by the actress Gina Lollobrigida (1927 ...
As humorist and author of "It's Not That I'm Bitter," Gina Barreca (right) puts it, Valentine's Day is ripe for wrong turns, especially if you're attempting to cover your bases on a budget. Here ...
Gene Norman Weingarten is an American journalist, and former syndicated humor columnist for The Washington Post. [1] [2] He is the only two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. [3] [4] Weingarten is known for both his serious and humorous work. [5] Through September 2021, Weingarten's column, "Below the Beltway," was published ...
Women in comedy refers to women who participate in comedic works as well as their experience within the social environment. While primarily dominated by men throughout history, women have been represented in the field of comedy since the mid-1700s. [1] [2] Comedy, or creative works with the intention of humor, is thought to have originated in ...
Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 1982) is an American actress and former mixed martial artist. She competed in Elite Xtreme Combat and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 7–1 record. [2]
Italian-American women. Angelology by Danielle Trussoni. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani. Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen. Commissario Brunetti series by Donna Leon. The Company of Women by Mary Gordon. Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon. Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon.