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Alison "Ali" Hewson (née Stewart; born 23 March 1961) is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is the wife of singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono, from the rock group U2. Raised in Raheny, she met her future husband at a young age at Mount Temple Comprehensive School and married him in 1982. She was awarded a degree in politics and sociology from University College Dublin in 1989. The couple have four children together and live at residences in Ireland, France, and the United States. She has inspired several U2 songs, most famously "Sweetest Thing". Hewson became involved in anti-nuclear activism in the 1990s. She narrated ''Black Wind, White Land'', a 1993 Irish documentary about the lasting effects of the Chernobyl disaster, and has worked closely with activist Adi Roche. She has been a patron of Chernobyl Children's Project International since 1994 and has participated in a number of aid missions to the high-radiation exclusion zones of Belarus. She has also campaigned against Sellafield, the northern English nuclear facility. In 2002 she helped lead an effort which sent more than a million postcards, urging the site be closed, to Prime Minister Tony Blair and others. Hewson has repeatedly been discussed by tabloid newspapers as a possible candidate for political offices, including President of Ireland. None of these suggestions have come to fruition. Hewson is the co-founder of two ethical businesses, the EDUN fashion line in 2005 and Nude Skincare products in 2007. The former, intended to promote fair trade with Africa, has struggled to become a viable business. French conglomerate LVMH has made substantial investments into both companies. == Early life == Alison Stewart was born on 23 March 1961, the daughter of Terry and Joy Stewart. She has an older brother, Ian, who lives in Australia.〔 The Stewart family, who resided in the suburb of Raheny on Dublin's Northside,〔 raised their children as Protestants.〔〔 Her father was a self-educated electrical worker who, according to Hewson, was "constantly questioning" things.〔〔 Her mother, who was a housewife, had a secretarial career in mind for her daughter.〔 Alison studied at Mount Temple Comprehensive School.〔Dunphy, ''Unforgettable Fire'', p. 72.〕 At the age of twelve, she met Paul Hewson, who was in the year above at the school.〔 He pursued her immediately, but she initially kept her distance, labeling him "an eejit" even though she secretly admired him.〔〔 In September 1974, Paul's mother Iris died suddenly, leaving him emotionally adrift and in conflict with his father and brother.〔 Soon after, Alison began taking care of Paul: cleaning his clothes, walking to school with him, and cooking for him. In September 1976, Paul met the other members of what would become U2;〔Kootnikoff, ''Bono'', p. 10.〕 the band members adopted nicknames, and Paul soon became known as Bono.〔Kootnikoff, ''Bono'', p. 13.〕 At around the same time, he and Ali, as she was known, began dating, and soon became a steady couple in the Dublin area.〔〔Kootnikoff, ''Bono'', pp. 17–18.〕 It took Stewart a while to enjoy the band's music, as her own tastes ran toward her father's Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole records.〔 At one point, the pair split up, but soon reunited.〔Stokes, ''Into the Heart'', p. 12.〕 The relationship became more serious as she accompanied him in his efforts to break through in the music industry, and by 1979 they were discussing marriage, conditional upon his career becoming established.〔Kootnikoff, ''Bono'', p. 28.〕 In the meantime she worked in a motor insurance company and in her father's electrical business.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ali Hewson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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