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Elizabeth Moorhead
Elizabeth Moorhead Vermorcken (c. 1865 – June 2, 1955) was an Americans, American writer from Pittsburgh. She is best known for her novels set in Pittsburgh. She generally wrote under her maiden name, Elizabeth Moorhead. During her lifetime, she was considered Pittsburgh's foremost female author. Early life Moorhead was born in Pittsburgh. Her exact birthdate is not known, but was just after the end of the American Civil War in 1865. Moorhead's father, William J. Moorhead, owned a steel mill, and her grandfather, James Kennedy Moorhead, was a congressman. Moorhead was educated at a private boarding school in Philadelphia. After graduation, she learned to speak French language, French after a winter in Paris. She married the Belgians, Belgian artist Frederick Vermorcken in 1891, but the marriage ended sometime between 1894 and 1895, at which point Moorhead returned to America. Between her marriage in 1891 and her return to Pittsburgh in 1910, she lived in Philadelphia, New York C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multiple citizenship, dual citizens, expatriates, and green card, permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to race and ethnicity in the United States, people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, culture of the United States, American culture and Law of the United States, law do not equate nationality with Race (human categorization), race or Ethnic group, ethnicity, but with citizenship and an Oath of Allegiance (United States), oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors Immigration to the United States, immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, brought as Slavery in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
