Biography highlights pioneer in American fashion from Frederick

Biography highlights pioneer in American fashion from Frederick

A new biography by Baltimore author Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson puts fashion pioneer Claire McCardell back at the center of American style. “Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free” says that the Frederick-born designer revolutionized women’s clothing from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her legacy is now highlighted alongside an exhibit at the Maryland Center…

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Who is ‘Q’ aka Blaise Metreweli? First woman to lead UK spy agency MI6 in its 116-year history | Trending

Who is ‘Q’ aka Blaise Metreweli? First woman to lead UK spy agency MI6 in its 116-year history | Trending

Jun 16, 2025 08:40 AM IST 47-year-old Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to head MI6, joined the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom in 1999. MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in Britain’s foreign intelligence service’s 116-year history. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Blaise Metreweli as the first…

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