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Mary Powell (steamboat)
Mary Powell may refer to: * Mary Powell (suffragist) (1854–1946), New Zealand temperance worker and suffragist * Mary Powell (actress) Mary Powell (died 1723) was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century and early eighteenth century. She was the wife of George Powell, and was generally billed as Mrs Powell. She was a long-standing member of the Drury Lane company. Her ... (died 1723), English stage actress * Mary Elizabeth Turner (1854–1907), née Powell, English embroiderer * Mary Alice Powell Lindsay (1883–1979), first registered nurse in Utah {{hndis, Powell, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Powell (suffragist)
Mary Sadler Powell (1854 or 1855 – 8 March 1946) was a New Zealand temperance worker and suffragist. Life Powell was born in Gloucestershire, England c. 1854. In 1885 she emigrated to New Zealand, where she lived with her brother. She was active with the Invercargill branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand (WCTU NZ) She served as president of the Invercargill branch, which became the second largest branch of the WCTU in New Zealand. Powell stayed active in the WCTU NZ for over 30 years, working as a corresponding secretary, recording secretary, and organiser. In 1890 she attended her first national convention. In 1900 she attend the WCTU World biennial convention in London, and was made a life member in 1919. Powell wrote a column promoting the Christian life for young women under the pen name "Aunt Kate" for the ''New Zealand Methodist''. She also supported women's right vote. Powell never married and she died on 8 March 1946 in Dunedin Dunedin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Powell (actress)
Mary Powell (died 1723) was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century and early eighteenth century. She was the wife of George Powell, and was generally billed as Mrs Powell. She was a long-standing member of the Drury Lane company. Her first recorded appearance there is in 1695, although she may have joined as early as 1686. She remained at Drury Lane until 1709.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.115 Selected roles * Eudora in '' Neglected Virtue'' by Charles Hopkins (1696) * Lady Blunder in ''The Younger Brother'' by Aphra Behn (1696) * Mrs Vernish in '' The Sham Lawyer'' by James Drake (1697) * Bulfinch in ''Love and a Bottle'' by George Farquhar (1698) * Anniky in '' The Campaigners'' by Thomas D'Urfey (1698) * Lady Darling in ''The Constant Couple'' by George Farquhar (1701) * Madame de Bourboun in ''The Unhappy Penitent'' by Catharine Trotter (1701) * Donna Therasa in ''All for the Better'' by Francis Manning (1702) * Mrs Goodfellow in ''Tunbridge Walks'' by Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Elizabeth Turner
Mary Elizabeth Turner (née Powell; 1854–1907) was an English embroiderer who exhibited her work at the 1890 exposition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, for which she wrote an essay on modern embroidery. Identified with the Arts and Crafts Movement, she was a founder with May Morris of the Women’s Guild of Arts. Her father was Thomas Wilde Powell, a solicitor and stockbroker who was also a patron of architects and artists. One of her siblings was the artist, copyist and art patron Christiana Herringham. Her husband was the architect Hugh Thackeray Turner. One of her children, her daughter Christiana Ruth Turner, was the wife of climber George Mallory George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Born in Cheshire, Mallory became a student at Winchest .... References Further reading *''Arts and Crafts Essays'' by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |