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Laura White may refer to: *Laura White (actress) (born 1995), English actress *Laura White (singer) (born 1987), English singer *Laura Lyon White (1839–1916), American suffragist and environmentalist *Laura Rosamond White (1844–1922), American author and editor *Laura Rogers White Laura Rogers White (December 11, 1852 – ) was the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of science degree. She studied to be an architect but largely did not practice due to family obligations and lack of oppo ... (1852–1929), American suffragist and architect * Laura Weber White (born 1971), American musician See also * Lori White, American academic, president of DePauw University in 2020 {{Hndis, White, Laura ...
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Laura White (singer)
Laura Jane Amanda White (born 31 August 1987) is an English singer-songwriter from Atherton in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. White is known for finishing in eighth place on the fifth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2008 and being the only singer to date raised in Parliament on her exit of the show. Her debut single " You Should Have Known" was released in 2009 and reached number 32 on the UK Singles Charts. Her debut extended play '' What My Mother Taught Me'' was released four years later in 2013. Her song " New York Raining", performed by Charles Hamilton and Rita Ora was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. Early life White has been singing and playing the piano since she was a young girl. Despite never having had a professional singing lesson, White began singing in jazz bars at the age of 15 and played many festivals. White went to Fred Longworth High School in Tyldesley, the same school as actors Anthony Quinlan, Lea ...
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Laura White (actress)
Laura Beatrice White (born 28 May 1995) is an English actress. Following stage roles including starring as Sandra Wilkinson in a UK tour of ''The Play That Goes Wrong'', White appeared in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Princess Buchanan from 2022 to 2023. For her role as Princess, she was nominated for the British Soap Award for Villain of the Year twice. From 2023 to 2024, White is starring in a touring production of ''Murder in the Dark''. Early life White was born on 28 May 1995 to a Jamaican mother and an English father, alongside sister Cat and another sister. She grew up in Northampton, but also spent time in Wales and Yorkshire, where her mother and father descended from, respectively. White studied musical theatre at the Guildford School of Acting from 2014 to 2017. Career White began her acting career appearing in various short films and advertisements, including a television advertisement for Naked Juice. She also made her stage debut in ''The Play That Goes Wrong' ...
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Laura Lyon White
Laura Lyon White (April 12, 1839 – January 18, 1916) was an American activist, best known for founding the California Club, working to preserve groves of redwoods in California, and promoting the City Beautiful movement. She wrote several pieces for the '' Overland Monthly'' in the later years of the 19th-century and was an ardent suffragist. White brought pragmatism to the causes that she championed. Working in an era when women had not yet secured the right to vote, she used her affluence and social status to accomplish her goals and to promote the protection of nature and the improvement of life for city dwellers. Unlike John Muir, White did not draw a sharp distinction between natural and urban beauty, and she saw a place for economic development, so long as its excesses were moderated. She "was willing to abide by the social norms of her time while nevertheless using those norms to further her own aims," and hence moved forward the responsibility and influence of women i ...
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Laura Rosamond White
Laura Rosamond White (October 23, 1844 – July 4, 1922) was an American author and editor whose work was affiliated with the Woman's Relief Corps, Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), and the Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She was also regarded as the poet of Geneva, Ohio, and served as city editor of the ''Geneva Times''. Early life and education Laura Rosamond Harvey was born in Otsego County, New York, October 23, 1844. Her parents removed when she was one year old, and part of her childhood was passed in Pennsylvania, and the remainder and her early girlhood in New York City. She was descended from a family of Huguenots, named Hervé, who fled from France to England during a time of great persecution. One branch settled in England, one in Scotland, and from a Franco-English alliance descended Dr. Harvey, who discovered the circulation of the blood. The family name became Anglicized from Hervé to Hervey, and then to Harvey. Her ancestors ...
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Laura Rogers White
Laura Rogers White (December 11, 1852 – ) was the first woman to graduate from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of science degree. She studied to be an architect but largely did not practice due to family obligations and lack of opportunities for female professionals. Early life Laura Rogers White was born near Manchester, Kentucky, on December 11, 1852, one of six children of Daugherty White and Sarah Watts White. The Whites were a wealthy and politically influential family in Clay County, Kentucky, owning a saltworks and numerous land holdings, and were one side of the notorious Garrard-White Feud. Her brother John Daughterty White served in the US House of Representatives. White attended the Science Hill Female Academy, then enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1871, where her brother studied law. In 1870, Madelon Stockwell became the first woman to attend the university, and White was a small group of women who followed her example the next year. Whi ...
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Laura Weber White
Laura Weber White, also known as Laura White, Laura Weber, Laura Cash, and Laura Weber Cash is an American country fiddler, singer, songwriter, and guitar player. White has worked as a session musician on many albums and toured with several artists, including the late Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. She has released two solo albums: ''Among My Souvenirs'' in 2003 and ''Awake But Dreaming'' in 2010. Both were recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio. White became known as a fine stage fiddler after winning both state and National Fiddler contests in Oregon and Idaho. She is an artist on 16 Cash family albums from 2003 to 2014. In 1999, White joined the '' Press On'' tour with June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash, where she met their son, John Carter Cash, whom she wed in 2000. They later divorced in 2013. She played on June Carter Cash's 2003 album, ''Wildwood Flower'', which won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk album. White also contributed fiddle to Johnny Cash's ''American II ...
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