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  Tributes To Baroness Young |Sky News|UK News
Tributes are continuing to pour in for former Tory Cabinet minister Baroness Janet Young, who has died aged 75.
Lady Young, who died at her home in Oxford, was a minister of state in the Foreign Office under Baroness Thatcher.
Baroness Thatcher also paid tribute: "Janet Young was not only a good friend, but she was one of the most courageous and effective woman politicians of her generation."
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  Guardian | Lady Young of Farnworth
Baroness Young, the former Leader of the House of Lords who has died aged 75, was the only other woman ever to serve as a member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.
Mrs Thatcher wrote in her memoirs that Janet Young "had turned out not to have the presence to lead the Lords effectively and she was perhaps too consistent an advocate of caution on all occasions".
Baroness Young admitted to being disappointed by her demotion, but she recognised the inevitability of political life and was compensated by being made deputy foreign secretary to Sir Geoffrey Howe and a minister of state in the Foreign Office.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4496435-103684,00.html   (1023 words)

  
  Janet Young, Baroness Young - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janet Young, Baroness Young (23 October 1926 – 6 September 2002), was a British Conservative politician.
As the Lady Young she was appointed Leader of the House of Lords, and sat on the boards of large corporations like NatWest and Marks and Spencer.
Lady Young was often frustrated by confusion between her and Lady Young of Old Scone; on 11 April 2001 she said in the House of Lords:
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 Telegraph | News | Baroness Young   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Baroness Young, who died yesterday aged 75, became the first woman to lead the House of Lords, but achieved national prominence as a champion of traditional Christian values when she led the opposition to the repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act.
Janet Young's stalwart Anglicanism and her role as a mother made her aware of the growing erosion of family values and of Judaeo-Christian morality; if this were to be resisted, it would have to be through the medium of politics.
Lady Young was appointed a junior whip in 1972, and in 1973 a parliamentary under-secretary at the Department of the Environment.
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 Youngs Travel
Janet Young, Baroness Young (October 23, 1926-September 6 2002), was a British Conservative politician.
As the Lady Young she was appointed Leader of the House of Lords, and sat on the boards of large corporations like NatWest and Marks and Spencer.
Lady Young was simply "Baroness Young", partly because she was the first life peer with the surname "Young".
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 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Lady Young of Farnworth
Lady Janet Young, who played rugby football as a schoolgirl and emerged as the "iron lady" of the House of Lords, was the only woman Margaret Thatcher elevated to cabinet rank in her 11 years of power.
Throughout her political career, Lady Young was a doughty fighter, a firm adherent to the self-help brand of Toryism and a tireless advocate for the family unit and in protecting children from what she regarded as liberal excesses.
Janet Mary Young was born on October 23, 1926, the daughter of an Oxford don.
politics.guardian.co.uk /politicsobituaries/story/0,1441,787555,00.html   (707 words)

  
 Young Bloods -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Barbara Scott Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone (born 8 April, 1948) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
Janet Young, Baroness Young (October 23, 1926-September 6 2002), was a British Conservative politician.
Lady Young was simply "Baroness Young", partly because she was the first life peer with the surname "Young".
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 Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Note that there was until recently another British life peer with a similar title, Janet Young, Baroness Young; there is also Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey.
Barbara Scott Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone (born 8 April 1948) is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
She was created a life peer in 1997 as Baroness Young of Old Scone, of Old Scone in Perth and Kinross.
www.babylon.com /definition/Barbara_Young,_Baroness_Young_of_Old_Scone   (111 words)

  
 Baroness Young - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barbara Scott Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone (born 1948)
Margaret Omolola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey (born 1951)
"Baroness Young" or "Lady Young" properly refers to the first alone.
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 BBC News | UK | Profile: Baroness Young
But while Baroness Young of Farnworth's enemies believed that she had arrived to the debate 30 years too late, her admirers saw in her a beacon of hope, harrying government in a crusade to reverse reforms they claim damaged the building block of society - the family.
Baroness Young says her arguments against lowering the age of consent for gay men are simple.
Baroness Young sought to kill this argument by saying that she regarded homosexuality as a private matter.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1046634.stm   (807 words)

  
 Tributes to Lady Young   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whatever the cause, Janet conducted herself with a degree of courtesy that was respected on all sides.
She was a loyal servant to the Party who performed dutifully and diligently in a variety of important roles for the voluntary Party and in Government, including Leader of the House of Lords and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Outside politics, Janet Young sat on the boards of National Westminster Bank and Marks and Spencer and held other significant posts, such as Chancellor of the University of Greenwich and Patron of Family and Youth Concern.
www.christian.org.uk /tributes.htm   (805 words)

  
 mISC - magazine of the Independent Schools Council
Janet Young died peacefully in her sleep on 6th September after a long battle with cancer.
She was happily married to Geoffrey Young, an internationally respected academic and Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and she was endlessly grateful to him for his unwavering support for her time-consuming political activity.
What gave Janet Young her ability to inspire and lead was, first and foremost, her interest in and concern for people as individuals.
www.iscis.uk.net /news/misc/autumn02/young.html   (833 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Conservative peer Baroness Janet Young of Farnworth, who campaigned against the repeal of Section 28 and an equal age of consent, has died aged 75.
Baroness Young, who was leader of the House of Lords during Margaret Thatcher's premiership, strenuously fought against government attempts to ensure an age of consent for all at the age of 16 regardless of sexual orientation.
During the Lords debates, Baroness Young and her supporters frequently referred to teenage boys as being "vulnerable and lonely", and potential victims of sexually predatory older men.
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 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The song was originally written by Jackson and was a mid-tempo RandB jam.
Michael's sisters LaToya and Janet sang background vocals.
the fashion show was on the young men who often dress with baggy...
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 BBC NEWS | Politics | Baroness Young of Farnworth: Obituary
The daughter of an Oxford don, Janet Mary Baker was born in 1926 and educated at the boys' Dragon School in the city, where she gained respect by excelling at cricket and rugby.
Baroness Young's reputation as a doughty fighter was confirmed once more when she waged a campaign against lowering the age of consent for gay men.
Sir Edward Heath said her influence had been widely felt throughout the country, while Baroness Thatcher said Janet Young was one of the most courageous and effective woman politicians of her generation.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2241555.stm   (516 words)

  
 No Alibis Bookstore - Belfast and Jordanstown
With her head full of romantic fantasies inspired by 1950s Hollywood, and accompanied by Horace, her loquacious and disconcerting parrot, this intellectually-rigorous right-winger sets off from England blissfully unaware that academia in the United States is dominated by knee-jerk liberalism, contempt for Western civilization, and the institutionalisation of a form of insane political-correctness.
The body is that of local master carpenter James Moore, whom Starrett discovers was having a relationship with the wife of the pastor of the same Second Federation Church, and she has mysteriously disappeared.
For Pyke, with his young wife and child and an elevated place in society to protect, the stakes have suddenly become alarmingly high.
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 Youngs Island
:''There is also a Young Island in the Grenadines.
Young Island () is the northernmost of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean.
It lies eight kilometres northwest of Buckle Island, some 115 kilometres north-northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/237/youngs-island.html   (644 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | Tributes after Baroness Young dies
Lady Young, the first woman to be leader of the House of Lords, died after a "long illness bravely borne", Conservative Central Office said.
Baroness Thatcher said: "Janet Young was not only a good friend, but she was one of the most courageous and effective woman politicians of her generation.
A former Oxford city councillor, Janet Young was given a seat in the House of Lords in 1971.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2241234.stm   (506 words)

  
 Janet Guthrie--Social Studies: Grades 3-5   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Janet Guthrie's family and friends would never understand why a woman who had a wonderful job as a physicist in the aerospace department of Republic Aviation would want to throw away her life on racing cars.
Janet's love for adventure led her to the racing world.
At last Janet set her sights on a race that would test her endurance: the Indianapolis 500.
www.teachercreated.com /lessons/020308it.shtml   (534 words)

  
 Politics | Lady Young dies, aged 75
Lady Young, who became a life peer in 1971, was leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher, died after a "long illness bravely borne", Conservative central office said.
Lady Young will be best remembered for her vociferous fight in recent years against the repealing of section 28, and the lowering of the age of homosexual consent.
Lady Thatcher said: "Janet Young was not only a good friend, but she was one of the most courageous and effective woman politicians of her generation.
politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4496075-108996,00.html   (436 words)

  
 Family & Youth Concern Family Bulletin Number 109   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The death of the Baroness Young, a sponsor of the Family Education Trust, is a great loss to us all, especially those who had the privilege to know and work with her.
I first met Janet Young in 1980 when she was Minister of State for Education, having been asked to provide her with information about the nature of sex education in schools and the concerns of parents.
As young adults, they are more likely to be unqualified, unemployed and poor; to be homeless, offending and to go to jail; to suffer from poor physical and psychological health; to form unstable relationships and to have children outside any partnership.
www.famyouth.org.uk /bulletin.php?number=109   (2151 words)

  
 Conservative Party - News Story
The Conservative Leader in the House of Lords, Lord Strathclyde, said that Janet Young had fought her illness with an immense courage that was an inspiration to all who knew her.
Baroness Young of Farnworth was born in 1926.
She served in the Thatcher Government as Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983 and was Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 1983 and 1987.
www.conservatives.com /tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=38457   (224 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Baroness Young
BARONESS Janet Young, who played rugby as a schoolgirl and emerged as the "Iron Lady" of the House of Lords, was the only woman Margaret Thatcher elevated to Cabinet rank in her 11 years of power.
Her life-long ambition to become an MP was never fulfilled, but she was made a life peeress in 1971 and became the first woman Leader of the House of Lords.
And after her ministerial career was long over, Lady Young emerged as a fierce opponent of the John Major government’s highly contentious no-fault divorce legislation.
news.scotsman.com /archive.cfm?id=996402002   (817 words)

  
 INGLES GRANMA INTERNACIONAL DIGITAL, CUBA
IN comments made to Granma International, Baroness Janet M. Young expressed Britain’s satisfaction at the increase in Britain’s satisfaction about the increase in the quantity and diversity of commercial exchange and investments that the Cuba Initiative is creating.
Baroness Young insists on the strengthening of these links under current conditions.
Baroness Young especially praised these businesspeople for their great export potential, attractive promotional material and modern stands capable of exhibiting a quality product.
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 Lady Molly Of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy : Arthur's Classic Novels
She was a young woman who only liked fun and pleasure, and she shrugged her shoulders at public opinion, even though there were ugly rumours anent the parentage of a little baby girl whom she herself had placed under the care of Mrs.
Unfortunately, at one time, young Frewin had got into very bad company, made many debts, some of which were quite unavowable, and there were rumours current at the time to the effect that had the police got wind of certain transactions in connection with a brother officer's cheque, a very unpleasant prosecution would have followed.
Carrthwaite and young Shuttleworth, culminating in one tempestuous scene, witnessed by the former's servants at his villa; and although these people did not understand the actual words that passed between the two Englishmen, it was pretty clear that they amounted to an ultimatum on the one side and defiance on the other.
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 Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Staff from the University of Greenwich have paid tribute to their former Chancellor, Baroness Young, who was a keen supporter of the creation of the university’s campus at Medway.
Janet Young was an enthusiastic advocate of the university’s acquisition of the Natural Resources Institute at Chatham Maritime.
At the formal hand-over ceremony, Baroness Young received the keys to the estate from another Baroness, Lady Chalker, who was representing the government.
www.gre.ac.uk /pr/releasearchive/710.htm   (332 words)

  
 George Eliot
Her eyes, of a gray blue, constantly varying in color, striking some as intensely blue, others as of a pale, washed-out gray, were small and not beautiful in themselves, but, when she grew animated in conversation, those eyes lit up the whole face, seeming in a manner to transfigure it.
At this period of her life, she was known among the residents of the vicinity as a quiet and retiring young lady of unusual learning, who was also an excellent housekeeper for her father.
Upon one occasion an eminent doctor, venturing to quote Epictetus in the presence of this pale, gray-eyed, pensive young lady, was dazed at having her turn towards him and promptly, although with the utmost modesty and politeness, correct him in his Greek.
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