Resultado de búsqueda
Lois Wilson (née Burnham; March 4, 1891 – October 5, 1988), also known as Lois W., was the co-founder of Al-Anon Family Groups, a 12-Step fellowship for the friends and family of alcoholics. She was the wife of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) co-founder Bill W.
Lois’ Story. EARLY LIFE. Lois Wilson, co-founder, Al-Anon Family Groups, and wife of Bill Wilson, was born Lois Burnham on March 4, 1891, at 182 Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York. Her father, Dr. Clark Burnham, was a gynecologist and surgeon. Her mother, Matilda Spelman, was a young woman of refinement who had worked as a school teacher.
Lois soon discovers she is not alone in her isolation and anger, that there is a vast number of people whose lives and relationships have been devastated because a loved one is an alcoholic or drug addict. To help herself and others like her, she co-founds Al-Anon in 1951. Cast. Winona Ryder as Lois Wilson; Barry Pepper as Bill Wilson
22 de jun. de 2022 · For the Sake of the Common Good, an essay collection celebrating Very Rev. Lois Wilson’s life and work, recently hit the bookshelves. Now 95, The United Church of Canada’s first female moderator — who is also a former senator and past president of both the World Council of Churches and the Canadian Council of Churches — talks legacy. On ...
24 de oct. de 2005 · Oct. 24, 2005 12 AM PT. Lois Wilson, the wife of the founder of AA, is the subject of a new biography. The book’s author visited Costa Mesa Sunday.Tucked away in a strip mall at the corner of...
20 de feb. de 2024 · Ninety-six-year-old Lois Wilson, a former World Council of Churches president and the first female moderator of the United Church of Canada, is at the centre of a book, “For the Sake of the Common Good: Essays in Honour of Lois Wilson,” published by McGill-Queen's University Press and written by people who worked with her.
1 de may. de 2014 · Lois stayed mostly in people’s homes, accepting their bed-and-breakfast hospitality. As the spiritual head of the United Church, Canada’s largest Protestant denomination, Lois often appeared unfashionably dressed — even, at times, a bit dishevelled. She’d carry important documents and diplomatic church papers in a plastic shopping bag.
