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Evelyn Sharp
Evelyn Sharp may refer to: *Evelyn Sharp (aviator) (1919–1944), American aviator * Evelyn Sharp (businesswoman) (died 1997), American hotelier * Evelyn Sharp (suffragist) (1869–1955), British suffragist and author *Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp Evelyn Adelaide Sharp, Baroness Sharp, GBE (25 May 1903 – 1 September 1985) was a British civil servant. She was the first woman to hold the position of Permanent Secretary, the most senior civil servant in a Ministry, at the Ministry of Ho ... (1903–1985), British civil servant * Evelyn Sharp / Artemis, a fictional character from ''Arrow'' {{hndis, Sharp, Evelyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Sharp (aviator)
Evelyn Genevieve "Sharpie" Sharp (October 1, 1919 – April 3, 1944) was an American aviator. She was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Sharp died at age 24, when the plane she was flying lost an engine during takeoff. Early life Sharp was born Lois Genevieve Crouse on October 1, 1919, in Melstone, Montana, to Elsie Adelie Haeske Crouse and Orla Crouse.Sharpie: The Life Story of Evelyn Sharp, by Diane Ruth Armour Bartels She was adopted by John and Mary Sharp two months later, on December 22, 1919, and her name was changed to Evelyn Genevieve Sharp. The Sharps moved to Ord, Nebraska, in 1924 and opened a grocery store. In 1928, Orla Sharp purchased a ranch and tried ranching for a time, but within a year sold the ranch and returned to Ord, where he opened a cafe and offered rooms to let. Introduction to aviation In 1935, when Sharp was sixteen, Jack Jefford opened a flying school in Ord and rented a room from the Sharps. Unable to pay his rent at one point, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Sharp (businesswoman)
Evelyn Sharp (died April 16, 1997) was an American hotelier, philanthropist, and art collector. She was the owner of the Beverly Wilshire and Stanhope hotels. Biography Sharp was a native of Manhattan and attended Columbia University School of Journalism, where she married her husband, real estate investor Jesse Sharp, who built a number of hotels including the Stanhope Hotel, located opposite the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After her husband died in 1941, Sharp, who was then an interior decorator, took over the business and enriched the family real estate portfolio with her own. She sold 14 properties owned by her husband and added the Gotham Hotel, the Saranac Inn, and the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Her portfolio also included Delmonico's, the Ritz Tower, The Carlyle, the Beaux Arts Apartments and the Paramount Building in Manhattan, and the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. She eventually sold most of her holdings and devoted her time to charities in New York and Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Sharp (suffragist)
Evelyn Jane Sharp (4 August 1869 – 17 June 1955) was a key figure in two major British women's suffrage societies, the militant Women's Social and Political Union and the United Suffragists. She helped found the latter and became editor of ''Votes for Women'' during the First World War. She was twice imprisoned and became a tax resister. An established author who had published in ''The Yellow Book'', she was especially well known for her children's fiction. Early life Evelyn Sharp, the ninth of eleven children, was born on 4 August 1869. Sharp's family sent her to a boarding school for just two years, yet she successfully passed several university local examinations. In 1894, against the wishes of her family, she moved to London, where she worked as a private tutor and wrote several novels including '' All the Way to Fairyland'' (1898) and '' The Other Side of the Sun'' (1900). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp
Evelyn Adelaide Sharp, Baroness Sharp, GBE (25 May 1903 – 1 September 1985) was a British civil servant. She was the first woman to hold the position of Permanent Secretary, the most senior civil servant in a Ministry, at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government from 1955 to her retirement in 1966.Kevin Theakston, ‘Sharp, Evelyn Adelaide, Baroness Sharp (1903–1985)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 201accessed 19 June 2015/ref> Early life Sharp was born in Hornsey, Middlesex (now part of Haringey in north London). She was third of five children, with three sisters and a younger brother. Her parents were the Reverend Charles James Sharp, the Vicar of Ealing, and his wife, Mary Frances Musgrave Harvey. Her uncles included Richard Harvey, Archdeacon of Halifax; Sir John Harvey, Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; and Sir Ernest Harvey, Bt, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England. She was educated at D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |