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Betsey (other)
Betsey may refer to: * ''Betsey'' (ship); one of many vessels that have been named ''Betsey'' * Betsey Island, Tasmania, Australia People *Betsey Armstrong (born 1983), female water polo goalkeeper from the United States *Betsey Bayless, the Republican Secretary of State of Arizona 1997–2003 *Betsey Guppy Chamberlain (1797–1886), Native American writer of sketches and poetry * Betsey Mix Cowles (1810–1876), early leader in the United States abolitionist movement *Betsey Johnson (born 1942), American fashion designer *Betsey Ann Stearns (1830-1914), American inventor *Betsey Stevenson, economist, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan *Betsey Stockton (1798–1865), African-American educator and missionary *Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney (1908–1998), American philanthropist, daughter-in-law of President Franklin D. Roosevelt *Betsey Wright (born 1943), American lobbyist, activist, and political consultant who worked for Bill Clinton in Arkansa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey (ship)
Many ships have been named ''Betsey'' or ''Betsy'': * was a slave ship launched at Liverpool in 1768 that made several voyages transporting slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean until the British Royal Navy purchased her in 1777. The Navy sold her in 1778. * was launched in 1787 at Newfoundland. She sailed to England and initially she traded between Bristol and the Mediterranean. In 1792 she made one complete voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people before a French privateer captured her on her second slave voyage after she had embarked slaves in West Africa and was bringing them to Jamaica. * was launched at Liverpool as a slave ship. She made six complete voyages as a slaver. A French privateer captured her in 1799 after she had delivered her slaves on her seventh voyage. * was launched in Bermuda in 1791. By 1793 she was a Liverpool privateer. In 1798 the French captured her as she was on her way to acquire enslaved people from the Windward Coast to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
Betsey Maria Cushing Whitney (May 18, 1908 – March 25, 1998) was an American philanthropist, a former daughter-in-law of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James's, John Hay Whitney. Early life She was the middle daughter of prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing and his wife Katharine Stone Crowell, who hailed from a socially prominent Cleveland family. Dr. Cushing, who was descended from Matthew Cushing, an early settler of Hingham, Massachusetts, served as professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Yale Universities, and established the family in Boston. Though she had two brothers, she and her two sisters became known in the social world as the "Cushing Sisters", heralded for their charm and beauty and schooled by their social-climbing mother to pursue husbands of wealth and prominence. All three Cushing sisters married into wealth and prominence: Her older sister, Mary "Minnie", married Vincent Astor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bese (other)
The name Bese can refer to the following: * Bese family, an ancient Swedish noble family * Bese (Bhatkal district) village in Bhatkal district, Karnataka State, India * Hungarian name of Stejărenii, a constituent village of Daneș commune in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ... * Barnabás Bese (born 1994), Hungarian football player * Gunilla Bese (1475–1553), Finnish noble, fiefholder of Vyborg Castle 1511-1513 * Valeria Bese or Valeria Motogna-Beșe (born 1979), Romanian handball player See also * Besse (other) * Bessie (other) * Betsey (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Trotwood
Betsey Trotwood is a fictional character from Charles Dickens' 1850 novel ''David Copperfield''. Role in novel Betsey Trotwood is David Copperfield's great-aunt on his father's side, and has an unfavourable view of men and boys, having been ill-used and abandoned by a worthless husband earlier in life. She appears in the novel's first chapter, where she demonstrates her uncommon personality and her dislike of boys when she storms out of the house after hearing that David's mother has had a son, rather than the daughter to whom Trotwood intended to be the godmother.Dickens, Charles 'David Copperfield' Published by Bradbury & Evans (1850) Betsey plays a bigger role in David's later life by taking him in after he has run away from labelling wine bottles in the factory in Blackfriars where his stepfather, Edward Murdstone, had placed him to work after the death of David's mother. She provides him with a place at a good school in Canterbury and opportunities for a career in Doctors' Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XOX Betsey Johnson
''XOX Betsey Johnson'' is an American reality television series on the Style Network and debuted on May 12, 2013. The series follows Betsey Johnson and her daughter, Lulu, as they struggle to evolve their mother-daughter relationship, move on from filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy and nurture their future careers. Cast Main * Betsey Johnson Betsey Johnson (born 1942) is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She also is known for doing a cartwheel ending in a split at the ... * Lulu Johnson * Brandon Aldridge Recurring * Brandon Aldridge — Betsey's design director and CEO of menswear line Highland Duds * Ashley — Lulu's assistant * Angela — Lulu's best friend * Bogdan — Betsey's trainer * Janet — Betsey and LuLu's therapist Episodes References {{Reflist 2010s American reality television series 2013 American television series de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Brown
''Betsey Brown'' is an African-American literature novel by Ntozake Shange, published in 1985. Plot ''Betsey Brown'' is the story of an adolescent African-American girl growing up in 1959 St. Louis, Missouri, who is part of the first generation of students to be integrated in the public school system. She navigates common adolescent issues such as family dynamics, first love, and identity questions. Major themes Thematic concerns of the novel include African-American family life, coming of age, feminism, and racial freedom. One critic described the narrative structure of the novel as paralleling "the personal story of Betsey’s attaining self-confidence with the social achievements of the Civil Rights Movement." This structure allows Shange to address feminist issues in addition to racial issues. Development history In order to write the novel, Shange drew on her own experiences growing up in St. Louis, but the resulting novel is not entirely autobiographical. Nevertheless, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Wynne
Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (19 April 1778 – 2 November 1857) was born at Falkingham, now Folkingham, Lincolnshire, and died in or near Nice in France. She was the main author of the extensive ''Wynne Diaries'' and wife of the Royal Navy officer Thomas Fremantle (1765–1819), a close associate of Nelson. Life Known in the family as Betsey, she was born Elizabeth Wynne, the second daughter of Richard Wynne (1744–1799) and his wife Camille (born de Royer, died 1799), who were Roman Catholics. Wynne was a fast liver, later a friend of Casanova. He got into financial difficulties in 1786, sold his Lincolnshire estate, and took his family abroad. Elizabeth married Fremantle in 1797, after he had rescued her and her family from Leghorn (Livorno) during the 1796 French invasion of Italy and taken them to safety in Corsica. The marriage took place in Naples on 12 January 1797, at the house of the British envoy, Sir William and Lady Hamilton, who took care of the arrangements. Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Wright
Betsey Ross Wright (born July 4, 1943) is an American lobbyist, activist, and political consultant who worked more than a decade for Bill Clinton in Arkansas.Baquet (1994)Gambrell (2009)Linn (2009) She served as chief of staff to Governor Clinton for seven years. As deputy chair of the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign, Wright established the rapid response system that was responsible for defending Clinton's record in Arkansas and promptly answering all personal attacks on the candidate.Cole, Castro (1992) During the 1992 campaign, Wright coined the term "bimbo eruptions" to describe rumors alleging extramarital affairs by Clinton. In the 1990s, Wright was an executive for the Wexler Group, a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. She currently resides in Rogers, Arkansas. Early life Wright was born July 4, 1943, in Alpine, Texas.Reynolds (2009) She attended Alpine High School and received her higher education at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a Bachelor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Stockton
Betsey Stockton (c. 1798–1865), sometimes spelled Betsy Stockton, was an American educator and missionary in Hawaii. Life Betsey was born into slavery in Princeton, New Jersey, about the year 1798. While she was a child, her owner Robert Stockton gave her to his daughter upon her marriage to Reverend Ashbel Green, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Much of what is known of her earlier life comes from sporadic mentions of her in Green's diary; while useful, this source also reflects Green's assumption of control over the enslaved girl, often leaving out key details about her. When Green decided she needed further discipline, young Betsey was temporarily sent to labor in the household of Green's nephew, the Reverend Nathaniel Todd. The Todd household seemed a place Betsey was more able to flourish, but financial matters related to Todd's employment caused Betsey to return to Green's household in 1816. In 1817 she was admitted as a member of the First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Island
Betsey Island, along with the adjacent Little Betsey Island and Betsey Reef, forms a nature reserve with an area of 176 ha in south-eastern Australia. They are part of the Betsey Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the entrance to the River Derwent. It is classified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International; it is an important site for little penguins with an estimated 15,000 pairs breeding there,Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. short-tailed shearwaters (130,000-170,000 nesting burrows), and black-faced cormorants (over 200 breeding pairs). Name The Aboriginal name of the island is ''Temeteletta''. The island has previously been known as Lady Franklin Island, Franklin Island, Betsy Island and Willaumez Island. The first European name of the island was 'Bett's Island' after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Stevenson
Betsey Ayer Stevenson (born c. 1971) is an economist and Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Additionally, she is a fellow of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and servers on the board of the American Economic Association. The Obama Administration announced her appointment as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, a post she served from 2013 through 2015. She previously served as Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor under Secretary Hilda Solis from 2010 to 2011. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In November 2020, Stevenson was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Department of Treasury. Education Betsey S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsey Ann Stearns
Betsey Ann Stearns ( Goward; professionally known as B. A. Stearns; June 29, 1830 – February 21, 1914) was an American inventor of the long nineteenth century. She is credited with developing a "Diagram and System for Cutting Ladies' and Children's Garments". The invention was first issued in 1864 and improved upon in 1867. It is described as being simple and accurate, easily learned, and economical. As a child, she entered the weaving mills of Nashua, New Hampshire, saving her money from her work to educate herself. After marriage, she became well known for her dress-cutting invention, which was awarded the highest prize in the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876. She went on to organize the Boston Dresscutting School, with branches in other states. She also published two books focused on garment cutting. Early life and education Betsey Ann Goward was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, June 29, 1830. Her father and mother, Isaac Goward (1782–1855) and Abigail Lothrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |