Adrienne Cecile Rich

Female16 May 1929–27 March 2012

Brief Life History of Adrienne Cecile

When Adrienne Cecile Rich was born on 16 May 1929, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, Arnold Rice Rich, was 36 and her mother, Helen Elizabeth Jones, was 30. She married Alfred Haskell Conrad on 26 June 1953, in Massachusetts, United States. She died on 27 March 2012, in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States, at the age of 82.

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Alfred Haskell Conrad
1924–1970
Adrienne Cecile Rich
1929–2012
Marriage: 26 June 1953

Sources (6)

  • Aderenia Rich in household of Arnold Rich, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Adrienne Cecile Rich, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Adrienne Rich in entry for Alfred H Conrad, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 June 1953Massachusetts, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1931

    Age 2

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

    Age 5

    Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

    1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

    Age 22

    Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.

    English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .

    English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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