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Minna P. Gill
Minna Partridge Gill (January 7, 1896 – January 18, 1964) was an American librarian and suffragist. Gill was a Washington D.C. native who was active in the women's suffrage movement and participated in many demonstrations for women's rights in the 1910s. Gill was the daughter of scientific illustrators DeLancey W. Gill, DeLancey Walker Gill and Mary Wright Gill, Mary Irvin Wright Gill. She was named for her grandmother Minna Partridge Wright. She attended George Washington University, and received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas where her thesis was ''Trade investigations, as conducted through merchandising departments of newspapers''. She worked as a librarian during the 1920s and 1930s, working for Society for Science, Science Service. Science Service (now called Society for Science) was an organization also known as The Institution for the Popularization of Science; it was organized under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeLancey W
Delancey may refer to: *Delancey (property firm), British property firm Delancey (also De Lancey and de Lancey) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *James De Lancey, British colonial Governor of New York between 1753 and 1760 *James De Lancey (other), other people of that name *Oliver De Lancey (other), multiple people *Stephen Delancey, Etienne de Lancey (1663-1741), a French nobleman *William Howe De Lancey (1778-1815), Wellington's Chief of Staff at the Battle of Waterloo. See also *Delancey Street, a street in Manhattan, New York *Delancey Place, a street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *''Crossing Delancey'', a 1988 film *De Lancie (other) {{surname, Delancey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |