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Cora (name)
Cora is a given name, most commonly derived from the Ancient Greek Κόρη (Kórē), an epithet of the Greek goddess Persephone. Alternatively, but rarely, it may be rooted in the Gaelic ''cora'', the comparative of ''cóir'', meaning just, honest, virtuous or good. Variant forms of this name include Kora and Korra. History The current name Cora may be derived from a variety of origins. Its most prominent antecedents, however, lie in ancient Greece. Ancient Greece The Greek word κόρη (korē) can mean girl, maiden or daughter. In the latter sense it came to be an alternate name given to Persephone to denote her being the daughter of Demeter, who accordingly carries the epithet Μήτηρ (Mētēr), mother. Κόρη was used when addressing Persephone not as queen of the underworld, but as vegetation goddess. Today's pronunciation of Cora is foreshadowed in some Greek dialects. In both Doric and Aeolic κόρη becomes κόρα (kora), in Doric it also appears as κώρ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne (name)
Corinne is a female name, the French and English variant of Corina, of ancient Greek origin, derived from κόρη (''korē'') meaning "beautiful maiden". ''Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon'' It became popular following the publication of ''Corinne'', an 1808 novel by . Various spellings of the name exist, although some attest that "Corinne" is the most appropriate and age-old spelling. Other spellings include: ''Corrine'', ''Corin'', ''Corine'', ''Corinn'', ''Coryn'', ''Corryn'', ''Koryn'', ''Korryn'', ''Korin'', ''Corinna'', ''Korinna'', ''Corrin'', and ''Korinne''. Notable people with the given name
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Cora (opera)
''Cora'' is an opera in four acts by the French composer Étienne Méhul. The libretto, by Valadier, is based on the novel ''Les Incas'' by Jean-François Marmontel. It was the first opera Méhul wrote but the second to be performed, receiving its premiere at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 15 February 1791. ''Cora'' was not a success and there were only four more performances (18, 20, 25 February and 4 March). Background In 1784 the Académie Royale de Musique held a competition for new libretti. From the 58 candidates the judges chose three winners: Chabanon's ''Le toison d'or'', Guillard's '' Œdipe à Colone'' and Valadier's ''Alonzo et Cora''. Chabanon's libretto was never set; Guillard's provided Antonio Sacchini with the text for his most famous opera (premiered in 1786); and Valadier's was handed to Méhul. Since arriving in Paris in the late 1770s Méhul had published two sets of keyboard sonatas and written or arranged vocal works for the Concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Brown
Cora Mae Brown (born April 19, 1914 – December 17, 1972), was the first African-American woman elected (rather than appointed) to a state senate in the United States. She won her seat in the Michigan State Senate in 1952. Brown was a Democrat who represented Detroit. Early life Cora Mae Brown was Richard and Alice Brown's only child. She was born in Bessemer, Alabama on April 19, 1914. When better economic conditions did not appear for their family when they moved to Birmingham, her grandparents urged her parents to move north to Michigan. At 8, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, with her family. There, her father established a tailor shop that was supported by Detroit automotive workers. They occupied a neighborhood that was racially diverse. Education Brown enrolled at the Bishop School when her parents moved the family to Detroit in 1922 and she had her first experiences with racial discrimination at the school. A German classmate called her "schwarze" or "black woman," using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Belle Brewster
Cora Belle Brewster (1859 – July 25, 1937) was an American physician, surgeon, medical writer, and editor. She worked as a gynecological surgeon and co-founded two medical journals with her sister, Flora Alzora Brewster, M.D. Early life and education Cora Belle Brewster was born in Almond, New York, September 6, 1859. She was the third daughter of Ephraim J. Brewster (d. 1868) and Mary Burdick Brewster. Mary was of the English extraction called Seventh Day Baptists. On the paternal side of her family, she is descended from the Campbells of Scotland, hence a mixture of English and Scotch heritage. She was a lineal descendant of Elder William Brewster, chief of the Pilgrim Fathers. Her ancestors did much in the establishment and toward the preservation of the free institutions of the U.S. Her lineage was traceable into English history before the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. Her siblings included sisters, Alice Delphine Brewster (b. 1861), Fidelia Adeline Brewster (b. 1865), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Berliner
Cora Berliner (born 23 January 1890 in Hannover, murdered 1942 most likely in Maly Trostenets) was an economist and social scientist and a victim of the Nazi regime. She was a pioneer of social work. Life She was the fifth and youngest child of Jewish business training school director Manfred Berliner. She had the customary education for girls of her class. After graduation as an external student of a boy's secondary school, she studied mathematics, political, and social science at the universities in Berlin and Heidelberg, graduating in 1916 with honors. The theme of her dissertation was "The organization of Jewish youth in Germany: a contribution to the classification of youth care and the youth movement." From 1919 she worked for the municipal government in Berlin-Schöneberg, and from 1910-1924 served as a deputy with the Association of Jewish Youth Clubs, for whom she later served as Business Manager and Executive Director in Heidelberg. There she lectured on the theme "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Baldock
Cora Vellekoop Baldock (born 16 December 1935) is an Australian-Dutch Sociologist. She was president of the The Australian Sociological Association, Australian Sociological Association 1979-1980 and served as a member of the Government of Australia, Australian Federal Government's Multicultural Advisory Committee. She was the first female professor at Murdoch University, Perth, and its first professor of sociology. Biography Cora Baldock was born Corrie Vellekoop on 16 December 1935 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She grew up with relatives who worked in academia, which influenced her decision to study sociology at Leiden University, from which she graduated cum laude in 1960. Her master's thesis was on stratification in women's occupations. As an undergraduate, she was a mentor to Princess, later Queen, Beatrix of the Netherlands. She obtained her PhD entitled ''Social stratification in New Zealand: vocational choices, achievement values and occupational stratification'' from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Baggerly Older
Cora Miranda Baggerly Older (1875 – September 26, 1968) was an American writer and historian known for her California-based writing and activism. She often collaborated on social issues with her husband, Fremont Older, and she is now best remembered as a writer and historian of Californian events and people. Early life Cora Miranda Baggerly was born in New York in 1875. She had a brother, Hilland Baggerly, who later worked in journalism as well. She attended Syracuse University. Writing career Older's work covered a variety of mediums including novels, reviews, and magazine articles, often tackling social issues; she also wrote biographies of William Randolph Hearst and his father. She published her last book in 1961, seven years before her death. At one point, another writer described Older as "a woman whose womanly attributes commend a nobility of California's authors." She wrote under her married title as "Mrs. Fremont Older." Personal life In 1893, she met newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Ann Pair Thomas
Cora Ann Pair Thomas (1875–1952) was a Baptist missionary, serving in Liberia from 1909 until her death in 1952. She is the grandmother of playwright and author Cori Thomas and the mother of former Liberian Ambassador David M. Thomas Cori’s father. Biography Thomas née Pair was born in Knightdale, North Carolina, on September 8, 1875. She graduated from Shaw University in 1895. She then worked as a principal of an orphanage in Oxford, North Carolina, until she entered Fisk University in 1904, where she received missionary training. In 1908 she married Reverend William Henry Thomas (1881-1942). The same year the couple traveled Brewerville, Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ... under the auspices of the Lott Carey Convention (LCC). While William supervi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Amalia Castilla
Cora Amalia Castilla Madrid (27 January 1961 in Chetumal, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican politician and activist. A member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), she was municipal president of the municipality of Othón P. Blanco from 2005 to 2008, President of the PRI in Quintana Roo from 2009 to 2011, and has been Secretary of Culture of the State Government of Quintana Roo and Deputy in the Congress of Quintana Roo twice. References Living people Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Mexican women's rights activists Municipal presidents in Quintana Roo Universidad de las Américas Puebla alumni Members of the Congress of Quintana Roo 20th-century Mexican politicians 20th-century Mexican women politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Politicians from Quintana Roo People from Chetumal, Quintana Roo Year of birth missing (living people) {{Mexico-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Almerino
Cora Almerino is a Cebuano language, Cebuano Visayan writer. Her poems were included in ''Sinug-ang: A Cebuano trio'' published by Women in Literary Arts in 1999. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Visayan writers Cebuano writers Filipino writers Filipino women writers Cebuano people {{Philippines-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Alicto
Cora Alicto (Low) (born August 2, 1980) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Guam.Athlete biography: Cora Alicto , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 27, 2008 Alicto represented Guam at the 2008 Summer Olympics in . She competed at the 100 metres
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The Last Of The Mohicans
''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder'', published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. ''The Last of the Mohicans'' is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the British. Specifically, the events of the novel are set immediately before, during, and after the Siege of Fort William Henry. The novel is set primarily in the area of Lake George, New York, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
