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Jackie Forster
English correspondent and gay rights untraditional (1926–1998)
Jackie Forster | |
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Forster, c. 1950s | |
| Born | Jacqueline Moir MacKenzie (1926-11-06)6 November 1926 London, England |
| Died | 10 Oct 1998(1998-10-10) (aged 71) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | News newspaperwoman, actress, lesbian blunt activist |
| Spouse | Peter Forster (1958–1962) |
Jackie Forster (née Jacqueline Moir Mackenzie; 6 Nov 1926 – 10 Oct 1998[1]) was an Spin news newspaperwoman, actress obtain lesbian open activist.[1][2]
Early history
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In 1957 she
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Jackie Foster
English footballer and coach
For the Canadian lawn bowler, see Jackie Foster (bowls).
John Thomas Foster (21 March 1903 – after 1936) was an English professional footballer and coach who played as an outside right. He made over 430 appearances in the Football League over sixteen seasons for a total of seven clubs, most notably for Brentford, Halifax Town, Ashington, Barrow and Bristol City.
Playing career
[edit]An outside right, Foster began his Football League career with hometown First Division club Sunderland, joining them from Murton Colliery Welfare in August 1920. He made his league debut for "The Black Cats" aged 17 on 25 September 1920 in an away match against Huddersfield Town,[4] but made only a further 4 league appearances for the club.
After a solitary season with Sunderland he then dropped through the leagues and had two successive two-season spells in the Third Division North with firstly Ashington[5] and then Halifax Town. In his first season with Ashington (which was the club's first in the Football League, with Foster playing in their inaugural match) he missed only eight league games and was an ever-present in the second season appearing in all 38 of their league matches in the 1922–23 campaign.[6] He
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Jacqueline Foster
British politician
For the Canadian lawn bowler, see Jacqueline Foster (bowls).
Jacqueline Foster, Baroness Foster of Oxton, DBE (néeRenshaw, born 30 December 1947) is a British Conservative politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for the North West England region.
In October 2019 she was appointed Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. In January 2021, she was appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Foster of Oxton, of Oxton in the County of Merseyside.[3][4]
Early life and career
[edit]Jacqueline Foster was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, on 30 December 1947 to Samuel and Isabella Renshaw. Foster was educated at Prescot Grammar School for Girls.[5][6]
She worked for British Airways for more than 20 years. Before joining them, she worked in France and Spain in the tourism sector. Foster speaks French and German.
Between 1981 and 1985, she left British Airways and became area manager in Austria for Horizon, a British tour operator, before returning to British Airways. In 1989, she was one of the founder members of Cabin Crew '89, an independent trade union, and served as the Deputy General Secretary. She continued with British Airways u