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Lelia (other)
Lelia or Lélia may refer to: ; People * Lélia Abramo (19112004), Italian-Brazilian actress and political activist * Carmen Lelia Cristóbal (born before 1959), Argentine botanist * Lelia Doolan (born 1941), Irish television and theatre producer * Lelia Dromgold Emig (1872–1957), American genealogist and author * Lelia Foley (born 1942), first African American woman to be elected mayor in the United States * Lelia Goldoni (born 1936), American actress who appeared in motion pictures and on television * Lélia Gonzalez (193594), Brazilian intellectual, politician, professor and anthropologist * Lélia Gousseau (1909–1997), French classical pianist * Lelia Green (born before 1994), Australian media theorist * Lelia Masaga (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player * Lelia N. Morris (18621929), American hymnwriter * Lelia J. Robinson (185091), American lawyer, the first woman to be admitted to the bar and to practice in the courts of Massachusetts * Lelia P. Roby (1848–1910) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lélia Abramo
Lélia Abramo (February 8, 1911 – April 9, 2004) was an Italian-Brazilian actress and political activist. Biography Daughter of Italian immigrants, Abramo was born and died in São Paulo, but lived in Italy from 1938 to 1950, suffering through the privations of World War II. Along with her brothers Cláudio Abramo and plastic artist Lívio Abramo she is part of one of the most prominent families in Brazilian history in both politics and the arts. She participated in the early foundation of the (''Left Opposition in Brazil''). Along with Mario Pedrosa, she has always been considered a sympathizer of trotskysm. Lélia Abramo was also a militant and was one of the founder of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (''Worker's Party'') along with Mario Pedrosa, Manuel da Conceição, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, Moacir Gadotti and Apolônio de Carvalho. She was personally active in many different movements in Brazilian politics like Diretas Já. Abramo played in 27 telenovelas, fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lelia Judson Tuttle
Lelia Judson Tuttle (May 12, 1878 – November 8, 1967) was an American educator and missionary in China. She was chair of the English literature department at McTyeire Institute in Shanghai from 1910 to 1926, and dean of women at Soochow University from 1926 until 1941. Early life and education Tuttle was born in Caldwell County, North Carolina, the youngest of at least eleven children of Benedict Marcus Tuttle and Mary Anne Elizabeth Cochrane Tuttle. Her eldest brother, Herndon Tuttle, was a friend of Charlie Soong, giving her an early connection to Chinese Methodists. She graduated from the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College in Greensboro (now UNC-Greensboro) in 1900, and earned a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1906. She trained for mission work at Scarritt College for Christian Workers in Kansas City. Career Tuttle taught at Davenport College in North Carolina from 1902 to 1904. She went to China as a Methodist missionary in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leela (other)
Leela may refer to: Business * The Leela Group, an Indian business conglomerate * The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, an Indian luxury hotel group Characters * Leela, granddaughter of Akela in Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' * Leela (''Doctor Who''), a fictional character in the British science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' * Leela (''Futurama''), a fictional character in the animated television series ''Futurama'' * Leela Lomax, a fictional character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Leela, a human character on ''Sesame Street'' Film * ''Leela'' (2002 film), a drama directed by Somnath Sen * ''Leela'' (2016 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Ranjith * ''Ek Paheli Leela'' (''Leela: A Mystery''), a 2015 Indian thriller film Other uses * Leela (name) * Leela (game), a board game with origins in ancient India * Leela (software), computer Go software * Leela Chess Zero, an open-source chess-playing program * Lila (Hinduism), an alternate t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Layla (other)
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"Layla" is a 1971 song by Derek and the Dominos. Layla may also refer to: * Layla (name), includes a list of people named Layla * Layla (town), a town in Saudi Arabia * Layla (wrestler) (born 1977), a former professional wrestler signed to the WWE * ''Layla'' (video game), a 1986 video game for the Family Computer * ''Layla'' (magazine), a magazine in Iraq * "Layla" (DJ Robin & Schürze song), 2022 German song * Layla (''Winx Club''), a character in ''Winx Club'' * MC Layla, Australian rapper * Layla from Layla and Majnun, a Persian love story See also * Lailah * Leela (other) * Leila (other) * Lelia (other) * Lila (other) Lila or LILA may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lila'' (album), debut album by American country music singer Lila McCann * ''Lila'' (movie), a 1968 sexploitation film * The Meaning of Lila, a comic strip written by John Forgetta and L. A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A'Lelia Walker
A'Lelia Walker (born Lelia McWilliams; June 6, 1885 – August 17, 1931) was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts. She was the only surviving child of Madam C. J. Walker, popularly credited as being the first self-made female millionaire in the United States and one of the first African American millionaires. Life and career Early life A'Lelia Walker was born Lelia McWilliams in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1885, the daughter of Moses and Sarah (née Breedlove) McWilliams. Her father died when she was two years old, and she moved with her mother to St. Louis, Missouri to live with her mother's three brothers.Jones, Alexis and Siclait, Aryelle (March 27, 2020"Who Was Madam C.J. Walker's Daughter A'Lelia And What Happened To Her?"''Women's Health'' Her mother married John Davis in 1894 and divorced in 1903. In 1906, her mother married Charles Joseph Walker, a newspaper advertising salesman, and became an independent hairdresser and retailer of cosmetic creams. A'Lelia gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Perry Bundles (born June 7, 1952) is an American journalist, news producer and author, known for her 2001 biography of her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. Family and early life A'Lelia Bundles grew up in Indianapolis in a family of civic minded business executives. She was named after her great-grandmother A'Lelia Walker (1885–1931), a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance", ', February 2001, and daughter of entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker. Bundles' mother, A'Lelia Mae Perry Bundles (1928–1976), vice president of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company and active in local and state Democratic politics, also served as a member of the Washington Township School Board and was a fiscal administrator with the City of Indianapolis. Her father, S. Henry Bundles, Jr. (1927-2019), became president of Summit Laboratories, another hair care manufacturer, in 1957 after having worked briefly with the Walker Company. He served as an Indianapolis 500 Festival direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentatominae
Pentatominae is a subfamily of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs. This subfamily is the largest one within the Pentatomidae, having 4937 species classified in 938 genera. Species in this subfamily are phytophages and several of them are considered agricultural pests. Some invasive pentatomines such as ''Halyomorpha halys'' and '' Bagrada hilaris'' have been considered household pests. Higher systematics of the group have been revised by Rider et al. Tribes and selected genera Tribes within this subfamily include: * Aelini Douglas & Scott, 1865 ** '' Aelia'' Fabricius, 1803 ** '' Neottiglossa'' Kirby, 1837 * Aeptini Stål, 1871 * Aeschrocorini Distant, 1902 * Agaeini Cachan, 1952 * Agonoscelidini Atkinson, 1888 * Amyntorini Distant, 1902 * Antestiini Distant, 1902 * Aulacetrini Mulsant & Rey, 1866 * Axiagastini Atkinson, 1888 * Bathycoeliini Atkinson, 1888 * Cappaeini Atkinson, 1888 ** '' Halyomorpha'' Mayr, 1864 ** ''Tolumnia'' Stål, 1867 ** '' Adelolcus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lelia (bug)
Lelia or Lélia may refer to: ; People * Lélia Abramo (19112004), Italian-Brazilian actress and political activist * Carmen Lelia Cristóbal (born before 1959), Argentine botanist * Lelia Doolan (born 1941), Irish television and theatre producer * Lelia Dromgold Emig (1872–1957), American genealogist and author * Lelia Foley (born 1942), first African American woman to be elected mayor in the United States * Lelia Goldoni (born 1936), American actress who appeared in motion pictures and on television * Lélia Gonzalez (193594), Brazilian intellectual, politician, professor and anthropologist * Lélia Gousseau (1909–1997), French classical pianist * Lelia Green (born before 1994), Australian media theorist * Lelia Masaga (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player * Lelia N. Morris (18621929), American hymnwriter * Lelia J. Robinson (185091), American lawyer, the first woman to be admitted to the bar and to practice in the courts of Massachusetts * Lelia P. Roby (1848–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PS Lelia
PS ''Lelia'' was a steamship built in 1864, during the American Civil War for use as a blockade runner for the Confederate States of America. She sank in Liverpool Bay in 1865 in an incident that caused 46 fatalities. History ''Lelia'' was built by William C Miller & Company of Toxteth as one of a trio of blockade running sister ships ordered for the Anglo-Confederate concern, William G. Crenshaw & Company. She was a paddle steamship of 640 BRT. Her hull was built of steel, an unusual and expensive material for shipbuilding at the time. The engines and other machinery were built by Fawcett Preston & Company and rated at 300 nhp. (The Confederate States Navy warship, CSS ''Florida'', had also been built at Miller's yard.) She left the River Mersey, with a largely Liverpool-based crew, and several prominent Confederate naval officers, on her maiden voyage on 14 January 1865 bound for Wilmington, North Carolina, via Bermuda, aiming to run the Union blockade. ''Lelia'' was heav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sand
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than both Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era, with more than 70 novels to her credit and 50 volumes of various works including novels, tales, plays and political texts. Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand stood up for women, advocated passion, castigated marriage and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. Personal life Childhood Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, the future George Sand, was born on 1 July 1804 in Paris on Meslay Street to Maurice Dupin de Francueil and Sophie-Victoire Delaborde. She was the paternal great-granddaughter of the Marshal of Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lelia Lake, Texas
Lelia Lake is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in central Donley County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 287 in Texas, U.S. Route 287, southeast of the city of Clarendon, Texas, Clarendon, the county seat of Donley County. Although Lelia Lake is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 79240; the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, ZCTA for ZIP code 79240 had a population of 101 at the United States Census, 2000, 2000 census. Founded along the Fort Worth and Denver Railway, Fort Worth and Denver City Railway in the late 1880s, the community was named for the founder's sister. When a post office was opened in the community in late 1906, the potential of confusion with the community of Lela, Texas, Lela in Wheeler County, Texas, Wheeler County to the northeast led the post office to attach "Lake" to the community's name. A school was established in the community in 1894. Historically, Lelia Lake has been a center of grain traffic and of wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lelia
Lake Lelia is a natural fresh water lake on the south side of Avon Park, Florida. The northeast section of the lake is within the Avon Park city limits. The lake is longest east to west, being approximately long. Its north-to-south width averages at wide. The Florida Atlas of Lakes lists Lake Lelia as having a surface area of . This lake is bounded by South Florida Community College at its south shore. A few houses dot its shore, but is it mostly bounded by woods and citrus trees. On the northeast two sets of railroad tracks are just off its shore. On its south side a pier built from the college Citrus Center extends into the lake. Visitors may walk along part of its length, but are not allowed to fish from it. A public boat ramp A slipway, also known as boat ramp or launch or boat deployer, is a ramp on the shore by which ships or boats can be moved to and from the water. They are used for building and repairing ships and boats, and for launching and retrieving small ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
