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    Ann Lesley Cotton OBE (born 1950) is a Welsh entrepreneur and philanthropist who was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 Queen's New Year Honours List. The honour was in recognition of her services to education of young women in rural Africa as the founder of Camfed.

  2. Mary Ann Cotton (née Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson.

  3. Ann Cotton is a social entrepreneur who founded CAMFED in 1993 to support girls' education in Africa. She has won several awards, including the WISE Prize for Education, and is a speaker on international platforms.

  4. May 9, 2024 · Mary Ann Cotton (born October 31?, 1832, Low Moorsley, Durham county, England—died March 24, 1873, Durham county) was a British nurse and housekeeper who was believed to be Britain’s most prolific female serial killer. She allegedly poisoned up to 21 people.

  5. Jun 23, 2021 · Between 1865 and 1872, Mary Ann Cotton poisoned 21 people with arsenic, including three husbands, a lover, and 11 of her own children. When she was hanged in 1873, Cotton was accused of poisoning 21 people.

  6. Feb 16, 2022 · Mary Ann Cotton, also known by the surnames Mowbray, Robinson and Ward, was a nurse and housekeeper suspected of poisoning as many as 21 people in 19th-century Britain. Mary was only ever convicted of one murder, the poisoning with arsenic of her 7-year-old stepson, Charles Edward Cotton.

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  8. Nov 23, 2014 · THE HAGUE — Two decades ago, when Ann Cotton, a British educator and philanthropist, started examining the problem of low school enrollment among girls in rural Zimbabwe, she was struck by the...

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