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Elizabeth White (artist)
Elizabeth White may refer to * Elizabeth Coleman White (1871–1954), New Jersey agricultural specialist *Liz White (actress) (born 1979), English actress *Liz White (activist) (born c. 1950), Canadian animal rights activist * Elizabeth Shearer White ( fl. 1946–1993), independent American film producer, founder of the Shearer Summer Theatre in Martha's Vineyard *Polingaysi Qöyawayma Polingaysi Qöyawayma ( ; 1892 – December 6, 1990), also known as Elizabeth Q. White, was a Hopi educator, writer, and potter. Biography Born to parents Fred (of the Kachina Clan) and Sevenka (of the Coyote Clan), Polingaysi Qöyawayma grew ... (1892–1990), also known as Elizabeth Q. White, Hopi educator, writer, and potter * Elizabeth Wade White (1906–1994), American author, poet, and activist {{hndis, White, Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Coleman White
Elizabeth Coleman White (October 5, 1871November 11, 1954) was a New Jersey agricultural specialist who collaborated with Frederick Vernon Coville to develop and commercialize a cultivated blueberry. Biography Elizabeth Coleman White was born on October 5, 1871 in New Lisbon, New Jersey. She was the oldest of four daughters of Quaker parents, Mary A. Fenwick and Joseph Josiah White. Elizabeth graduated from the Friends' Central School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1887. After 1887 she worked in the bogs helping to supervise cranberry pickers at her father's farm. During the winters, White continued her education with courses in first aid, photography, dressmaking, and millinery at Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now Drexel University). White belonged to several organizations, including being the first woman to become member of the American Cranberry Association and the first woman to receive a citation from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. In 1927 she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz White (actress)
Elizabeth White (born 11 August 1979) is an English actress, known for her roles as Annie Cartwright in the BBC series ''Life on Mars'' and Emma Keane in the Channel 4 school-based drama series ''Ackley Bridge''. Television and theatre White's other prominent TV roles were in series 1 of the ITV drama '' The Fixer'', playing Jess Mercer, the sister of John Mercer. She also played Shannon in '' The Empresses' New Clothes'', an episode of ''Fairy Tales'', which were the BBC's modern takes on classic children's stories. In April 2011, she appeared in the BBC adaptation ''The Crimson Petal and the White''. She featured in the music video for Bush's final single "Inflatable", and starred in the Hammer Films 2012 adaptation of ''The Woman in Black'' as the eponymous woman. In July 2014, White starred as Melissa in episodes 1 and 2 of the original audio drama 'Osiris' by Everybodyelse Productions, and in 2014 as Lizzie Mottershead in BBC One's ''Our Zoo'', a drama series about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz White (activist)
Elizabeth White (born c. 1950) is a Canadian animal rights movement, animal rights activist and politician. Early life White was born in Toronto, to parents who both were teachers. She earned a nursing degree at McGill University, and then worked in Kitchener, before moving back to Toronto a few years later. She was involved in political organizing, first with the New Democratic Party, beginning from age 20. Career White is a founder and board member of the Animal Alliance of Canada, a non-profit organization set up in 1991, where she focuses on legislative issues, municipal animal control by-laws, hunting and human-wildlife conflict, and fundraising. White also leads the Animal Protection Party of Canada (formerly the Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada), a federal political party registered by the Animal Alliance in 2005 with the aim of winning air time to discuss issues other parties might not raise, and to allow donors to receive tax credit. She stood unsuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Shearer White
Elizabeth 'Liz' Shearer White (died 1993) was an American independent film producer and founder of the Shearer Summer Theatre in Martha's Vineyard. She is known for her stage production of Shakespeare's ''Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...'' with an all-black cast, which she eventually filmed and released as a movie in 1980 at Howard University. White worked as an actress and dresser on Broadway before eventually returning to Oak Bluffs where she grew up. There, she formed one of the first summer theatre groups on the island featuring the African-American residents and vacationers of Oak Bluffs. The theatre group was active from 1946 up until the early 1960s. References 1993 deaths African-American film producers Film producers from Massachusett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polingaysi Qöyawayma
Polingaysi Qöyawayma ( ; 1892 – December 6, 1990), also known as Elizabeth Q. White, was a Hopi educator, writer, and potter. Biography Born to parents Fred (of the Kachina Clan) and Sevenka (of the Coyote Clan), Polingaysi Qöyawayma grew up in Oraibi, a village on Arizona's Hopi Reservation. Her given name means "butterfly sitting among the flowers in the breeze". Qöyawayma's father worked for Mennonite missionary Henry Voth, who built a school in Oraibi and attempted to win converts to Christianity. Many in the village saw Voth's efforts to enforce attendance as heavy-handed, and this caused a rift between Hopis who opposed and supported the school. In 1906, Qöyawayma joined a group of students traveling to study at the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California. In her four years at the school, she lived with a teacher's family, learning English and converting to Christianity. After returning home to Oraibi, she had difficulty readjusting to traditional Hopi life. Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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