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Inez
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name " Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy". The Latinized form of the Greek name is Hagnes, the feminine form of Hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred". People ;Given name *Inez (Tina Inez Gavilanes Granda, born 1977), Danish singer *Inéz (Ines Reingold-Tali), Estonian musician and artist *Inez Knight Allen (1876–1937), American Mormon missionary and politician *Inez Andrews (1929–2012), American singer *V. Inez Archibald (born 1945), British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman * Inez Asher (1911–2006), American novelist and television writer *Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey (1919–2009), American military commander * Inez Barbour Hadley (1879–1971), American soprano singer *Inez Barron, American politician * Inez Baskin (1916–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Courtney
Inez Courtney (October 12, 1897 – April 5, 1975) was an American actress on the Broadway stage and in films. Early years Born in Amsterdam, New York, Courtney came from a large Irish-American family. After her father's death when she was fifteen, she decided to go onto the stage. Career At age 16, Courtney was doing a specialty dance that earned her the nicknames of ''St Vitis'', ''Mosquito'' and ''Lightning''. Courtney's first role as a singer and dancer came in the musical ''The Little Whopper'' in 1919. She became known among New York theatrical audiences for her work in '' Good News'' (1927), a musical comedy about college life. Her other credits include ''Spring Is Here'' (1929) and '' America's Sweetheart'' (1931). In the early 1930s, she left Broadway and went to Hollywood. Courtney acted in 58 films between 1930 and 1940. She secured her first movie work by asking Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures for his assistance. She made her screen debut as Cousin Betty in ''Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Milholland
Inez Milholland Boissevain (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a leading American suffragist, lawyer, and peace activist. From her college days at Vassar, she campaigned aggressively for women’s rights as the principal issue of a wide-ranging socialist agenda. In 1913, she led the dramatic Woman Suffrage Procession on horseback in advance of President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, though she had to accept that her beauty earned her more notice than her politics. She was also a labour lawyer and a war correspondent, as well as a high-profile New Woman of the age, with her avant-garde lifestyle and belief in free love. She died of pernicious anemia on a speaking tour, traveling against medical advice. Early life Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Inez Milholland grew up in a wealthy family. Known as Nan, she was the eldest daughter of John Elmer Milholland and Jean Milholland née’ Torry. She had one sister, Vida, and one brother, John (Jack). Her father was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Fabbri
Inez Fabbri (26 January 1831 – 30 August 1909), ''née'' Agnes Schmidt, was an Austrian American soprano, voice teacher and impresaria. She sang in Austria, Germany, England, South America and the Caribbean, making her home in San Francisco where, in the 1870s, she was the most important musical personality and '' prima donna assoluta'' of her time, performing in more than 150 concerts and operas from 1872 to 1879, producing operas, and teaching voice to up-and-coming singers. Early career She was the daughter of an impoverished Viennese textile manufacturer. She made a successful operatic debut in Kassa, Hungary, (now Košice, Slovakia) in Donizetti's ''Lucrezia Borgia'' in 1847. After a few years on the road singing in Königsberg (1856–1857) and Potsdam (1857), she arrived at the Hamburgischerer Stadttheater where, among other roles, she received recognition for Valentine in Meyerbeer's ''Les Huguenots'' which became one of her starring roles.''Österreichisches Biograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez McCormack
Inez McCormack (née Murphy; 28 September 1943 – 21 January 2013) was a Northern Irish trade union leader and human rights activist. She was the first female president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (1999 to 2001), representing the UNISON union. She also successfully campaigned for the inclusion of strong equality and human rights provisions in the Good Friday Agreement, and was a signatory to the MacBride Principles for fair employment. In 2002 she was described as "probably the best known and most experienced human rights campaigner in this country." McCormack founded Participation and the Practice of Rights, a human rights organisation supporting disadvantaged groups based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which she continued to advise until her death. Throughout her career, she crossed sectarian lines and national boundaries to fight for those who have faced, in her words, "the humiliation of exclusion," particularly women. McCormack was named by the American publicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez And Vinoodh
Inez van Lamsweerde (born 25 September 1963) and Vinoodh Matadin (born 29 September 1961) are a Dutch-American fashion photographer duo, whose work has been featured in fashion magazines and advertising campaigns. They also produce independent art work. Working together since 1986, the partnership has staged exhibitions and collaborative projects and participated in international group shows. Inez and Vinoodh live in New York with their son, Charles Star Matadin. Lives and career Lamsweerde and Matadin were born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Meeting Inez and Vinoodh met at the Fashion Academy Vogue in their hometown, Amsterdam, where they both initially studied fashion design—Vinoodh from 1981 to 1985 and Inez from 1983 to 1985. Inez took a master's degree in photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (1985–1990) and Vinoodh founded the Lawina clothing line with his classmate Rick Bovendeert. A commission for Inez to photograph the 1986 Lawina collection led to Vinoodh begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Y
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name " Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or . Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy". The Latinized form of the Greek name is Hagnes, the feminine form of Hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred". People ;Given name * Inez (Tina Inez Gavilanes Granda, born 1977), Danish singer *Inéz (Ines Reingold-Tali), Estonian musician and artist * Inez Knight Allen (1876–1937), American Mormon missionary and politician *Inez Andrews (1929–2012), American singer * V. Inez Archibald (born 1945), British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman *Inez Asher (1911–2006), American novelist and television writer * Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey (1919–2009), American military commander * Inez Barbour Hadley (1879–1971), American soprano singer *Inez Barron, American politician *Inez Baskin (1916– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez James
__NOTOC__ Inez James (November 15, 1919 – December 19, 1993), also known as Inez James Walden, was an American composer working mostly in the motion picture industry. She is remembered as being one of three writers of the song " Vaya Con Dios", which has been recorded over 500 times. Her first film credits were in 1943 as a composer for songs in '' Mister Big'', ''When Johnny Comes Marching Home'', '' Moonlight in Vermont'', and four others. She composed songs for 19 more movies over the years, culminating in work for 1959's ''Pillow Talk'', starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day and 1960's ''Portrait in Black'', starring Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn. She is credited for co-writing the title song from ''Pillow Talk'', sung by Doris Day in the film. The film's score was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Dramatic or Comedy Score in 1959, but it is not clear how the title song related to this nomination. With Larry Russell and Buddy Pepper, Inez James wrote "Vaya Con Dios", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Haynes Irwin
Inez Haynes Irwin (March 2, 1873 – September 25, 1970) was an American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. Many of her works were published under her former name Inez Haynes Gillmore. She wrote over 40 books and was active in the suffragist movement in the early 1900s. Irwin was a "rebellious and daring woman", but referred to herself as "the most timid of created beings". She died at the age of 97. Irwin was a close friend of the American feminist writer Mary MacLane, who included a colorful personality portrait of Irwin in her newspaper articles in Butte, Montana, in 1910. Early years and education Inez Haynes was born on March 2, 1873, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Gideon Haynes and Emma Jane Hopkins Haynes. Her parents were from Boston in the United States, but were staying in Brazil because of her father's business problems. Her mother, her father's second wife, was 24 years younger than him, and had to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez Hogan
Inez Hogan (August 5, 1895 – February 1973) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books, particularly animal stories. She was born in Washington, D.C. and attended the Cape Cod School of Art. She lived in Provincetown and New York City. Hogan wrote 63 books, including many about her character Nicodemus. She illustrated another 19 books, including the first edition of '' Epaminondas and His Auntie'' by Sara Cone Bryant. The black characters in Hogan's books were often portrayed with African American stereotypes. From the 1930s until her death, children's books were her sole means of support. Of this she said "I can think of no happier way to make a living."More Junior Authors, The H. W. Wilson Company, 1963 Inez Hogan died in February 1973 in Orleans, Massachusetts. Books (partial list) *''Animal Tales from the Old North State''. Lucy M Cobb; Mary A Hicks; Inez Hogan. Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938. *''A Bear is a Bear''. Inez Hogan. Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez M
Inez is a feminine given name. It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name " Agnes". The name is pronounced as , , or . Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy". The Latinized form of the Greek name is Hagnes, the feminine form of Hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred". People ;Given name * Inez (Tina Inez Gavilanes Granda, born 1977), Danish singer *Inéz (Ines Reingold-Tali), Estonian musician and artist * Inez Knight Allen (1876–1937), American Mormon missionary and politician *Inez Andrews (1929–2012), American singer * V. Inez Archibald (born 1945), British Virgin Islander politician and businesswoman *Inez Asher (1911–2006), American novelist and television writer *Mildred Inez Caroon Bailey (1919–2009), American military commander * Inez Barbour Hadley (1879–1971), American soprano singer *Inez Barron, American politician *Inez Baskin (1916–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inez García
Inez García (1941–2003) was a Hispanic woman who became a cause célèbre of the feminist movement when she was charged with the 1974 murder of a man who had raped her. Background García was born in New York City and raised in Spanish Harlem. Her ethnic heritage is mixed Puerto Rican and Cuban. She married the Cuban exile and Anti-Castro activist Juan García Cardenas, and the two of them had a son in 1963. Cardenas was imprisoned in Soledad, California, after being convicted of involvement in a political bombing in Los Angeles claimed by Poder Cubano. In 1971 Garcia moved to Soledad to be nearer to her husband. She worked in the lettuce fields and supplemented her income with welfare. She earned a reputation in the small, mostly Chicano community as a devout and chaste Catholic. She shared an apartment with Fred Medrano, a Texan who was involved in the illegal drug trade. Rape and murder On March 17, 1974, García was entertaining friends at her apartment; Medrano also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
