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Liz Evans (music Critic)
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Elizabeth or Liz Evans may refer to: * Elizabeth Glendower Evans, American social reformer and suffragist * Lizzie Evans, American entertainer * Elizabeth Evans, inspiration for Dinah Morris * Nerys Evans, Plaid Cymru politician * Elizabeth Evans (1887–1958), English actress better known as Elisabeth Risdon * Liz Evans (politician), candidate in the 2017 Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election * Liz Evans (nurse), Canadian nurse and harm reduction pioneer See also * Evans (surname) Evans is a male name and surname of Welsh people, Welsh, and possibly Cornish people, Cornish, origin. Within Wales it is the fifth most common surname and is the tenth most common in England. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 48th-mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Glendower Evans
Elizabeth Glendower Evans (February 28, 1856 – December 12, 1937) was an American social reformer and suffragist. Life Evans née Gardiner was born on February 28, 1856, in New Rochelle, New York. She inherited a significant amount of money when she turned 26 in 1882. The same year she married Glendower Evans who died four years later, in 1886. Evans traveled to England in 1908. There she became involved in understanding the issues of industrialized society including hazardous working conditions and unemployment. There she was introduced to socialism. When Evans returned to the United States she took up the cause of women's suffrage and the associated problems of tenements and factory work arising from disenfranchisement. Evans pursued social reform, serving in a variety of positions. She was a trustee of the Massachusetts State Reform Schools from 1886 through 1914. She was a member of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston as well as the Boston Women's Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Evans
Lizzie Evans was an entertainer in vaudeville and musical theatre in New York City and Chicago, Illinois, from the 1880s into the 20th century. A New York Times article described her as "a bright little person of the Lotta Crabtree physique and school, but with less naturalness and more nasal twang"."Tony Pastor's Theatre" '''', May 20, 1884, pg. 4. Biography Lizzie Evans was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio in 1864, although one newspaper report from 1879 already identifies her as touring with the Standard Dramatic Company in a lead role, suggesting an earlier birth year. She possibly was the daughter of Sarah Evans, a Welsh-born widow. She ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinah Morris
Dinah Morris is a major character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' (1859); a Methodist lay preacher, she was modelled on Eliot's aunt Elizabeth Evans. Dinah visits the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. She says to Lisbeth Bede in Chapter Ten, "I work in the cotton-mill when I am at home." She lives thirty miles away in the fictional Snowfield, in the fictional Stonyshire County. Description She is a cousin by marriage of Hetty Sorrel Hetty Sorrel is a major character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' (1859). Beautiful but thoughtless Hetty lives in the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. Her home is on Mr. Martin Poyse ... and related to the Poysers. Rachel Poyser, her aunt, wishes Dinah would stay with them in Hayslope. Dinah is deeply religious, a follower of Wesleyan Methodism. She lives to comfort others, including Adam Bede's mother when her husband is dro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerys Evans
Elizabeth Gwendoline Nerys Evans (born 1980) is a Welsh politician. She was a member of the National Assembly for Wales representing Plaid Cymru in the Mid and West Wales region. She contested the Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire seat for the 2011 National Assembly for Wales elections, finishing in third place, and thus lost her seat in the Assembly. Background Evans was born in Llangain near Carmarthen. She was educated at Manchester University where she obtained a BA in Government and Political Theory, followed by Cardiff University where she was awarded a MSc in Welsh Politics in 2004. Political career She became an organiser for Plaid Cymru in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr and worked as press officer for the Plaid Cymru group on Carmarthenshire County Council. More recently she worked as a Political Officer for Plaid Cymru in the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Risdon
Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1913 and 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later years in films she switched to playing character parts. Biography Born in London as Daisy Cartwright Risdon, the daughter of John Jenkins Risdon and Martha Harrop Risdon, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1918 with high honours. She attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw and was cast as the lead in his biggest plays. Besides her performances for Shaw, she was leading lady for actors including George Arliss, Otis Skinner, and William Faversham. She was also under contract with the Theatre Guild for many years. Risdon's film debut came in England, where she made 13 silent films. She came to the United States in 1912, and her first film with sound was ''Guard That Girl'' (1935). Her Broadway credits include ''Labu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Evans (politician)
The Welsh Liberal Democrats leadership election took place during the autumn of 2017 and was won by Jane Dodds, who defeated Ceredigion Councillor Elizabeth Evans in a closely fought contest. Following the 2017 general election the party's leader, and only MP, Mark Williams lost his Ceredigion seat by 104 votes. Because of this he stood down as leader later that day. His predecessor as leader, Kirsty Williams Victoria Kirstyn Williams (born 19 March 1971) is a Welsh politician who served as Minister for Education in the Welsh Government from 2016 to 2021. She was a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 1999 to 2021. She previously served as the Leader of ..., took over as interim leader, but announced she wouldn't be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election. Jane Dodds was declared the winner with 56.5% of the vote on 3 November 2017. Candidates Close of ballots was 5PM on 30 October 2017. Result References 2017 in Wales Welsh Liberal Democrats Lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Evans (nurse)
Liz Evans (born August 30, 1965) is a Canadian nurse and harm reduction pioneer. She is the founder of the nonprofit Portland Hotel Society and a cofounder of North America's first sanctioned supervised-injection facility, Insite. Evans established the Portland Hotel Society in August 1993 in Vancouver, Canada, to provide shelter to people living in the city's Downtown Eastside who were addicted to drugs or who struggled with disruptive mental-health issues. Usually, these individuals had been evicted from several supportive-housing projects before Evans found them and gave them a room at the organization's first housing project, the Portland Hotel. The hotel was notable for Evans's refusal to evict "hard-to-house" tenants, many of whom openly used injection drugs or otherwise exhibited difficult behaviors as a result of an untreated mental illness. To accommodate these individuals, Evans crafted creative solutions that allowed them to remain residents. Later, this practice would co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
