Fidelia (given Name)
Fidelia is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923), American artist *Fidelia Jewett (1851–1933), American educator *Fidelia Njeze (born 1964), Nigerian diplomat See also *Fidelia (pseudonym) Fidelia was a favoured female pseudonym among writers in English in the 18th century.'' The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present'', Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy, eds ...

Fidelia Bridges
Fidelia Bridges (May 19, 1834 – May 14, 1923) was an American artist of the late 19th century. She was known for delicately detailed paintings that captured flowers, plants, and birds in their natural settings. Although she began as an oil painter, she later gained a reputation as an expert in watercolor painting. She was the only woman among a group of seven artists in the early years of the American Watercolor Society. Some of her work was published as illustrations in books and magazines and on greeting cards. Early life Fidelia Bridges was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Henry Gardiner Bridges (1789-1849), a sea captain, and Eliza (Chadwick) Bridges (1791-1850). She was orphaned at the age of fifteen when her mother and father died within months of each other. In 1849, Henry Bridges fell ill and was taken to Portuguese Macau, where he died in December. Eliza died in March 1850, just three hours before the news of her husband's death arrived in Salem.
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Fidelia Jewett
Fidelia Jewett (October 3, 1851 – June 21, 1933) was a mathematics and botany teacher in San Francisco, longtime companion of Lillien Jane Martin. Jewett was also one of the first benefactors of William Henry Holtzclaw, founder of Utica Institute, the first African-American college in Mississippi. Jewett Hall at Grambling State University in Louisiana is named after her. Biography Fidelia Jewett was born on October 3, 1851, in Weybridge, Vermont, the daughter of Solomon Wright Jewett (1808-1894) and Mary Catharine Jewett (1819-1891). The Jewett family were California pioneers, and for that account, pioneers in practically every State of the Union. The Jewett family reunion happened in 1915 at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Sixty or more delegates joined from the East, while every State was represented and many in attendance were from California. Fidelia Jewett read a paper on ''The Early Jewett Pioneers of California'', telling how they were lured ...
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Fidelia Njeze
Fidelia Akuabata Njeze (born 8 June 1964) is the current Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Njeze was previously appointed Nigerian minister of Aviation on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan announced his new cabinet. Before that appointment, she served as Minister of State for Agriculture and Water Resources and also Minister of State for Defence in the cabinet of late President Umaru Yar'Adua. Early life Njeze was born on 8 June 1964 in Enugu State. She got her high school education at Girls High School Awkunanaw Enugu, then she went on to earn a BSc in Pharmacy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. After her internship followed by National Youth Service with the National Orthopedics Hospital, Enugu from 1990 to 1991 she became a Pharmacist with Chinors pharmacy in 1992. She was Managing Director of Gredel Pharmacy from 1996 to 2007. In 2004 she was appointed a member of the Enugu State Health Services Management Board to help transform ...
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