Alice, Audrey and Jane Jacob

  • Alice Liddell ( 4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934), known for most of her adult life by her married name, Alice Hargreaves, inspired the children’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

  • Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs
    (Digital image by Fung Lin Hall)

    Jane Jacob – May 4 1916

    Jane Jacob was an American–Canadian journalist, author, and activist best known for her influence on urban studies. Her influential book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that urban renewal did not respect the needs of most city-dwellers.

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    Mel, Audrey and Truman Capote

    Aurdrey Hepburn was born on May 4 1929 – she was discovered by Colette (see biography on youtube here)

    Audrey speaks many languages (youtube)