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Alice Willard
Alice Willard (, Rosseter; April 13, 1860 – February 12, 1936) was an American journalist and business woman. She served as editor of the ''Times'' (Loup City, Nebraska), manager of the ''Woman's Signal'' (London), and managing editor of ''Woman's Signal Budget'' (London). Early life and education Alice (nickname, "Allie") Capitola Rosseter was born near Nauvoo, Illinois, April 13, 1860, the oldest of ten children. Her parents were Cyrus E. Rosseter and Lydia A. (Williams) Rosseter. In 1872 the family removed to Grand Island, Nebraska, and from there to Loup City, Nebraska, in 1873, where the greater part of her early life was spent. Willard's health was frail and was the cause for her to miss the advantages of a good education outside of the home. The extent of her opportunities was five summers in school until the age of 12, after which 15 months in school were added to her experience. At the age of 17, she had fitted herself to teach. Then she earned the means for a nine-mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Of The Century
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''a'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Greek alphabet#History, Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The Letter case, uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, "English articles, a", and its variant "English articles#Indefinite article, an", are Article (grammar)#Indefinite article, indefinite arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
