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Frances Smith (other)
Frances Smith may refer to: * Frances Smith (golfer) (1924–1978), British golfer * Frances Smith (missing person) (1909/1910 – disappeared 1928), American college student, body recovered in 1929 * Frances Smith (born 1941), birth name of Frances Strickland, First Lady of the U.S. state of Ohio * Frances Dean Smith (1922–2009), American poet * Frances Dora Smith (1832–1922), British noblewoman and great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II * Frances Kirby Smith (1785–1875), mother of general Edmund Kirby Smith and a confederate spy * Frances Hagell Smith (1877–1948), New Zealand missionary teacher * Frances Sutah Smith (1908–1980), birth name of American photographer Polly Smith (photographer) See also * * Fanny Smith (born 1992), Swiss skier * Frances Smith Foster Frances Smith Foster (born 1944) is an American researcher and emeritus Professor of African-American studies and women's history. She has previously served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Smith (golfer)
Frances "Bunty" Stephens (married name Frances Stephens Smith or Frances Smith Stephens; 26 July 1924 – 23 July 1978) was an English amateur golfer. Personal life Stephens was born in Lancashire where her father Fred was club professional at Bootle Golf Club. She faced discrimination from golf administrators because of his working class occupation. In 1955 she married Roy Smith, a Scottish Airlines pilot killed in a 1957 crash in Libya. They had one daughter. Stephens curtailed her playing career to raise her daughter, but subsequently was active in golf administration and developing junior golf. She was made OBE for "services to Ladies Golf" in the 1977 New Year Honours, a year before her death from cancer. Golf career Stephens' home club was Royal Birkdale. She won the British Ladies Amateur in 1949 and 1954, and was runner-up in 1951 and 1952. She played in all six Curtis Cups from 1950 to 1960, and was non-playing captain of the Great Britain and Ireland team in 1962 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Smith (missing Person)
Frances St. John Smith (1909/1910 – disappeared January 13, 1928) was an American college student who disappeared from Smith College in Massachusetts in January 1928. A body recovered from the Connecticut River in March 1929 was identified as being Smith. Disappearance Smith was first educated in New York City, then attended Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, from 1924 through 1927. She then enrolled at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. One of her classmates and friends there was Anne Morrow, who later married Charles Lindbergh. Smith was an 18-year-old freshman when she disappeared from Smith College on January 13, 1928, a Friday. Another friend, who had visited with Smith on Thursday evening, visited Smith's room on both Friday and Saturday, leaving notes each time, which were left undisturbed. The local Massachusetts State Police were then contacted. Search Initial searches were conducted in the area around the college by the state police and Boy Scouts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Strickland
Frances Smith Strickland (born Frances Smith c. 1941) is an American educational psychologist who, as wife of Governor Ted Strickland, served as the First Lady of Ohio from January 8, 2007, to January 8, 2011. Biography Frances Smith grew up on a dairy farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Murray State University in 1963, she taught at Westport High School in Jefferson County and worked at various residential programs for children. In 1976, Smith received her doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Kentucky. She met Ted Strickland there the day after Christmas in 1973. They married exactly 13 years later, in 1987, and chose not to have children due to their age. After she graduated, Frances Strickland served as a public school psychologist for many years. As president of Smith Educational Enterprises, Strickland wrote ''The Little Girl Who Grew Up to Be Governor'', a 1991 children's no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Dean Smith
FrancEyE aka Frances Dean Smith (March 19, 1922 – June 2, 2009), was an American poet. Biography Frances Dean Smith was born Frances Elizabeth Dean, in San Rafael, California, on March 19, 1922. During her childhood her family moved to the East Coast, where she grew up. She married Wray Smith while living on the East Coast. They had four daughters but eventually divorced and Frances returned to California in 1963, leaving her children with her now ex-husband. She was closely associated with the Southern California poetry community. She is also noted for her relationship with poet Charles Bukowski, with whom she had her fifth daughter and his only child, Marina Louise Bukowski. Charles Bukowski wrote a poem about Frances which has been used as a eulogy, "One for Old Snaggle-Tooth" (1977). Throughout her long career as a writer she never sought to capitalize on her connection to Bukowski and was revered as “The Bearded Witch of Santa Monica.” She died from complications o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Dora Smith
Frances is a French and English given name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'free one.' The male version of the name in English is Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman", comes from the Franks who were named for the francisca, the axe they used in battle. https://nameberry.com/babyname/frances Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Frances, Countess of Périgord (died 1481) * Frances (musician) (born 1993), British singer and songwriter * Frances Estill Beauchamp (1860-1923), American temperance activist, social reformer, lecturer * Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde (1567–1633), English noblewoman and Irish countess * Frances E. Burns (1866-1937), American social leader and business executive * Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (1590–1632), central figure in a famous scandal and murder * Frances Lewis Brackett Damon (1857–1939), American poet, writer * Frances Davidson, Viscountess Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Kirby Smith
Frances Smith (; April 6, 1785August 3, 1875) was a Confederate spy and the mother of General E. Kirby Smith. She is listed as a Great Floridian as part of the Great Floridians 2000 program. Biography Frances Kirby was born in Connecticut and married Judge Joseph Lee Smith. They moved to St. Augustine, Florida soon after their marriage in about 1820, and though Judge Smith died in 1847, she remained in the city after the Union took occupation of Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos) in 1862. During the War, She got mail out to Confederate soldiers and entertained Federal officers to learn of plans and pass on the information. Smith was exiled following the spring 1863 Federal government order calling for removal of Southern sympathizers. She eventually returned to Saint Augustine and lived for another decade. She was a critic of Reconstruction and the "loss of true Southern gentility". Various local documents record her as "brilliant and spirited, full of fire and ambition thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Hagell Smith
Frances Hagell Smith (1877–1948) was a notable New Zealand missionary teacher and welfare worker. She was born in Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... in 1877. References 1877 births 1948 deaths New Zealand schoolteachers People from Oamaru People educated at Waitaki Girls' High School {{NewZealand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Smith (photographer)
Frances Sutah "Polly" Smith (December 29, 1908 – June 18, 1980) was an American photographer. She was regarded as an important photographer whose work showcased Texas life to the world during the 1930s–1940s. Although not as critically acclaimed as contemporaries Margaret Bourke-White or Dorothea Lange, her work broke new ground in Texas. Biography After growing up in various Texas towns, Polly studied photography at the Clarence Hudson White School of Photography in New York City. In 1935 she was hired as a freelance photographer by the Texas Centennial Exposition to promote the Texas centennial. She was the first photographer to take photos for state marketing and tourism purposes. She travelled alone across the state documenting Texas life. Initially staying in hotels along her route, she accumulating negatives and periodically stopped to develop them. Later a dark room was built onto the back of a truck, allowing her to drive around the state and develop her work al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Smith
Fanny Smith (born 20 May 1992) is a Swiss freestyle skier. She represented Switzerland at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics. As of January 2023, she has 29 victories and 67 podiums on the World Cup circuit. She won gold at the World Championships in Voss in 2013. Smith won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Career Born in Aigle to an American father and an English mother, she was brought up in the Swiss ski resort of Villars. Smith has been skiing since the age of two. At the age of 14, she was selected into the Swiss National Educational Performance Center of Brig. When she graduated in 2009, there was no Swiss junior ski cross program, so with the assistance of family and sponsors, Smith created her own program. Smith started to train with Guillaume Nantermod, the Boardercross World Champion. After their partnership immediately showed signs of success, they were integrated into the Swiss National Team. At just 17 years old, Smith secured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Smith Foster
Frances Smith Foster (born 1944) is an American researcher and emeritus Professor of African-American studies and women's history. She has previously served as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies at Emory University. Early life and education Foster grew up in Dayton, Ohio. Her parents were Quinton Smith, a truck driver and Mabel Smith (née Gullette), a beautician. They had four other children. Smith attended the all black Wogaman Elementary School and graduated from Roosevelt High School. She earned her bachelor's degree at Miami University, where she studied education. She made Phi Beta Kappa and graduated cum laude. She earned a master's degree at the University of Southern California in 1971. After graduating Foster moved to the University of California, San Diego, where she investigated slave narratives as part of a doctoral programme in British and American literature. She has said that during her graduate studies in the 1970s she did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
