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Juana
Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Janet, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to: People *Juana I (1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Aragon *Juana Rosa Aguirre (1877–1963), Chilean first lady *Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780–1862), South American military leader *Juana Barraza (born 1957), Mexican serial killer *Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), Mexican writer *Juana Bormann (1893–1945), German war criminal *Juana Briones de Miranda (1802–1889), American landowner *Juana Castro (born 1933), Cuban exile *Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), Uruguayan poet *Juana Enriquez (1425–1468), Queen of Aragon *Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexican scholar * Juana Teresa Juega López (1885-1979), Galician-language Spanish poet *Juana Lumerman (1905–1982), Argentine artist *Juana Manuel (1339–1381), Queen of Castile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Inés De La Cruz
''Doña'' Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695) was a Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, and Hieronymite nun. Her contributions to the Spanish Golden Age gained her the nicknames of "The Tenth Muse" or "The Phoenix of America"; historian Stuart Murray calls her a flame that rose from the ashes of "religious authoritarianism".Murray, Stuart (2009). The Library: An Illustrated History. Chicago: Skyhorse Publishing. . Sor Juana lived during Mexico's colonial period, making her a contributor both to early Spanish literature as well as to the broader literature of the Spanish Golden Age. Beginning her studies at a young age, Sor Juana was fluent in Latin and also wrote in Nahuatl, and became known for her philosophy in her teens. Sor Juana educated herself in her own library, which was mostly inherited from her grandfather. After joining a nunnery in 1667, Sor Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Molina
Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, experimental, neofolk, chill-out, indietronica, psychedelic, indie pop, and progressive folk. The daughter of tango singer Horacio Molina and actress Chunchuna Villafañe, she achieved fame as a sketch comedy actress in the 1990s, first as a guest in various shows and in 1991 with her own show, ''Juana y sus hermanas''. At the height of her popularity, she quit her job as an actress to pursue a career in music. Her debut album, ''Rara'', was subsequently released in 1996, and panned by local critics who resented her departure from television. Dejected from the criticism, she moved to Los Angeles, where her music had been better received, and she familiarized herself with electronic instruments. She then returned to Buenos Aires to produce h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Maria
Juana Maria (died October 19, 1853), better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island (her Native American name is unknown), was a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño. She lived alone on San Nicolas Island off the coast of Alta California from 1835 until her removal from the island in 1853. Scott O'Dell's award-winning children's novel ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' (1960) was inspired by her story. She was the last native speaker of the Nicoleño language. Background The Channel Islands have long been inhabited by humans, with Native American colonization occurring 10,000 years ago or earlier. At the time of European contact, two distinct ethnic groups occupied the archipelago: the Chumash lived on the Northern Channel Islands and the Tongva on the Southern Islands. (Juana Maria's tribe, the Nicoleño, were believed to be closely related to the Tongva.) In the early 1540s, Spanish (or Portuguese, according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Azurduy De Padilla
Juana Azurduy de Padilla (July 12, 1780 – May 25, 1862) was a guerrilla military leader from Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Sucre, Bolivia).Pallis, Michael “Slaves of Slaves: The Challenge of Latin American Women” (London: Zed Press, 1980) pg. 24 She fought for Bolivian independence alongside her husband, Manuel Ascencio Padilla, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was noted for her strong support for and military leadership of the indigenous people of Upper Peru. In 2015, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a statue of Azurduy replaced the one of Christopher Columbus in front of the Casa Rosada, causing some controversy. Biography Early life Juana Azurduy was born on July 12, 1780, in Chuquisaca, Upper Peru, a territory of the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Her father, Don Matías Azurduy, was a white Spaniard of Basque origin, ''patrón'' of an hacienda in Toroca. Her mother, Doña Eulalia Bermudez, was a ''chola'' (a woman with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Briones De Miranda
Juana Briones de Miranda (c. 1802 – 1889) was a Californio ranchera, medical practitioner, and merchant, often remembered as the "Founding Mother of San Francisco", for her noted involvement in the early development of the city of San Francisco (then known as Yerba Buena). Later in her life, she also played an important role in developing modern Palo Alto. Early life Juana Briones y Tapia was born in c.1802 at Villa Branciforte near the Mission Santa Cruz. She was of a mixed-race family, which included Native American, African-American, and European descent (including Spanish). Her grandparents, parents and others of her family members had arrived in Alta California with the Gaspar de Portolà and the Juan Bautista de Anza expeditions. Her father was Marcos Briones, a soldier posted near Monterey, who later moved to the San Francisco Presidio. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana De J
Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Janet, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to: People *Juana I (1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Aragon *Juana Rosa Aguirre (1877–1963), Chilean first lady *Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780–1862), South American military leader *Juana Barraza (born 1957), Mexican serial killer *Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), Mexican writer *Juana Bormann (1893–1945), German war criminal *Juana Briones de Miranda (1802–1889), American landowner *Juana Castro (born 1933), Cuban exile *Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), Uruguayan poet *Juana Enriquez (1425–1468), Queen of Aragon *Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexican scholar * Juana Teresa Juega López (1885-1979), Galician-language Spanish poet *Juana Lumerman (1905–1982), Argentine artist *Juana Manuel (1339–1381), Queen of Castile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Enriquez
Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Janet, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to: People *Juana I (1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Aragon *Juana Rosa Aguirre (1877–1963), Chilean first lady *Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780–1862), South American military leader *Juana Barraza (born 1957), Mexican serial killer *Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), Mexican writer *Juana Bormann (1893–1945), German war criminal *Juana Briones de Miranda (1802–1889), American landowner *Juana Castro (born 1933), Cuban exile *Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), Uruguayan poet *Juana Enriquez (1425–1468), Queen of Aragon *Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexican scholar * Juana Teresa Juega López (1885-1979), Galician-language Spanish poet *Juana Lumerman (1905–1982), Argentine artist *Juana Manuel (1339–1381), Queen of Castile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana I
Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad ( es, link=no, Juana la Loca), was the nominal Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was married by arrangement to Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria, of the House of Habsburg, on 20 October 1496.Bethany Aram, ''Juana the Mad: Sovereignty and Dynasty in Renaissance Europe'' (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins UP, 2005), p. 37 Following the deaths of her brother, John, Prince of Asturias, in 1497, her elder sister Isabella in 1498, and her nephew Miguel in 1500, Joanna became the heir presumptive to the crowns of Castile and Aragon. When her mother, Queen Isabella I of Castile, died in 1504, Joanna became Queen of Castile. Her father, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, proclaimed himself Governor and Administrator of Castile.Bergenroth, G A, Introduction. Letters, Despatches, and State Papers to the Negotiations between England and Spain. Suppl. to vols 1 and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana De Ibarbourou
Juana Fernández Morales de Ibarbourou, also known as Juana de América, (March 8, 1892 – July 15, 1979) was a Uruguayan poet and one of the most popular poets of Spanish America. Her poetry, the earliest of which is often highly erotic, is notable for her identification of her feelings with nature around her. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Biography She was born Juana Fernández Morales on March 8, 1892, in Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay. The date of Juana's birth is often given as March 8, 1895, but according to a local state civil registry signed by two witnesses, the year was actually 1892. Juana began studies at the José Pedro Varela school in 1899 and moved to a religious school the following year, and two public schools afterwards. In 1909, at 17 years old, she published a prose piece, "Derechos femeninos" (women's rights), beginning a lifelong career as a prominent feminist. She married Captain Lucas Ibarbourou Trillo (1879-1942) in a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Romani
Juana Romani, née Carolina Carlesimo (30 April 1867 – 1923/24) was an Italian-born French portrait painter and artists' model. Biography She was born in Velletri. At the age of ten, she went to Paris with her mother and stepfather, Temistocle Romani, an engineer who was seeking employment there. They settled in the Latin Quarter and she was put to work as a model at several art schools. It was not long, however, before Filippo Colarossi, founder of the Académie Colarossi, took a special interest in her; inviting her to work and study at his school. In 1882, she posed for "Diana the Huntress", a well-known sculpture by Alexandre Falguière. She also posed for Carolus-Duran, Ferdinand Roybet, who gave her lessons, and Jean-Jacques Henner, with whom she had a brief affair. At the age of nineteen "Il Romani", as she was called, decided to pursue her own career in art. That same year, she changed her first name to "Juana", the Spanish equivalent of her middle name, "Giovanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Lumerman
Juana Lumerman (1905 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1982) was a visual artist who painted in both figurative and abstract styles. Lumerman graduated with a degree in painting in 1935 from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. Lumerman studied there with European trained teachers including Aquiles Badi known for his Constructivist and metaphysical tendencies and :es:Emilio Centurion known for his command of volumes and form, as well as with Carlos P. Ripamonte a painter of an earlier generation known for his work in an Impressionist vein. In 1936, Lumerman won first prize in the VI Feminine Salon of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. In a 1993 essay, art historian Cesar Magrini evokes the period and describes Lumerman as "...a pioneer and an explorer of new paths. Those were years when one could count on the fingers of one hand those women who were permitted to paint, model or sculpt without its being considered a perversion." By the early 1940s, Juana Lumerman was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana Manuela Gorriti
Juana Manuela Gorriti (July 15, 1818 – November 6, 1892) was an Argentine writer with extensive political and literary links to Bolivia and Peru. She held the position of First Lady of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855. With the publication of ''La quena'' (1845), Gorriti became recognized as the earliest novelist in what would become Argentina. In ''La quena,'' Gorriti challenged the notion of poverty, ignorance, tyranny, and the oppression of women, writing, "A day shall come in which man's science will discover those treasures; but by then men will be free and equal, and they shall use wealth to serve humanity! The reign of worries and despotism will have ended, and only man's genius will rule the world, it reside upon the head of a European, or upon that of an Indian." Gorriti’s commitment to women’s issues sparked the interest of both women and men, including Abel Delgado. His essay, ‘''La educación social de la mujer''’, ("The Social Education of Woman," 1892) discuss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
