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Nannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Nannie Helen Burroughs, (1879–1961), African-American educator, orator, religious leader and businesswoman * Nannie Webb Curtis (1861–1920), American lecturer, temperance activist, clubwoman * Nannie de Villiers (born 1976), South African former tennis player * Nannie Doss (1905–1965), American serial killer * Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue (1843–1940), Irish author, poet and journalist * Nannie Kelly Wright (1856–1946), born Nannie Scott Honshell, the only known American female ironmaster * Nannie Brown, nickname of Agnes Brown (suffragist) Agnes Henderson Brown also known as Nannie Brown (12 April 1866 – 1 December 1943) was a Scottish suffragist and writer. She was one of the "Brown Women" who walked from Edinburgh to London in 1912. An early woman cyclist in Scotland. She repea ... * Nannie, a witch in Robert Burn's poem " Tam o' Shanter" See also * Nannie Helen Burroughs School, a private coe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannie Helen Burroughs
Nannie Helen Burroughs (May 2, 1879May 20, 1961) was a black educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 National Baptist Convention in Virginia, instantly won her fame and recognition. In 1909, she founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, DC. Burroughs' objective was at the point of intersection between race and gender.Battle, Ursula V"Nannie Burroughs Fought for Rights of Women, ''Afro-American Red Star'', February 3, 1996. She fought both for equal rights in races as well as furthered opportunities for women beyond the simple duties of domestic housework. She continued to work there until her death in 1961. In 1964, it was renamed the Nannie Helen Burroughs School in her honor and began operating as a co-ed elementary school. Constructed in 1927–1928, its Trades Hall has a National Historic Landmark designation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannie Webb Curtis
Nannie Webb Curtis (, Austin; after first marriage, Webb; after second marriage, Curtis; June 22, 1861 - March 29, 1920) was an American lecturer and temperance activist, widely-known as a clubwoman. She wrote essays on the topic and edited a magazine. She served as National vice-president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), sat on the National Executive Committee, and was also on the Official Board of the National WCTU, the lawmaking body of organization. Her father having been a Methoidist minister, she made her living lecturing as a pulpit orator on the topics of prohibition and woman suffrage on behalf of the National WCTU, Chautauqua, and the lyceum circuits. Frequently characterized as being "bigger than her state", Curtis was a patriot and a speaker of national fame. Early life and education Nannie Austin was born in Hardin County, Tennessee, June 22, 1861. Her parents were Rev. D. J. and Julia Ann (Couch) Austin. On her paternal side, her great-grandfather w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannie De Villiers
Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. She was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age. De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small ITF Johannesburg tournament. She also played her next event in her native country, in Pretoria, winning the doubles event. Although she officially retired in 2003, she made a minor-comeback in 2007, entering the Cape Town event, losing in the first round singles and reaching the semifinals doubles. She never surpassed the singles qualifying stages at a Grand Slam tournament. Despite never winning a WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna ... singles title, she won four on the ITF Circuit, and 22 doubles titles there. De Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannie Doss
Nannie Doss (born Nancy Hazel; November 4, 1905 – June 2, 1965) was an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people between some time in the 1920s and 1954. Doss was also referred to as the Giggling Granny, the Lonely Hearts Killer, the Black Widow, and Lady Blue Beard. Doss finally confessed to the murders in October 1954, after her fifth husband had died in a small hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In all, it was revealed that she had killed four husbands, two children, two of her sisters, her mother, two grandsons, and a mother-in-law. Early life Nannie was born on November 4, 1905 in Blue Mountain, Alabama, now part of Anniston. She was born to Louisa "Lou" (née Holder) and James F. Hazel. Nannie was one of five children; she had one brother and three sisters. Both Nannie and her mother hated James, who was a controlling and abusive father and husband. James would force his children to work on the family farm, refusing to let the children go to school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue
Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue, also known as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert, was born in 1843 and lived until 12 January 1940. She came from an upper-middle class family and she was famous for her horse riding, poetry and journalism projects. She was a journalist and wrote pieces and articles concerning social welfare and animals well being. She was also a musician, novelist and social activist. She had written many different books, her most famous; Riding for Ladies (1887) sold more than 94,000 copies. She lived out her life in the heart of Dublin and from the year she turned 26 years old (1869) she was married to William Power O'Donoghue, a professor of music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Her father, Charles Lambert of Athenry, was from a landlord family which originates from County Galway. Early life Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert was baptized under the Church of Ireland on 2 June 1843 in the Parish Church of St. Thomas in North Dublin, youngest daughter of Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannie Kelly Wright
Nannie Kelly Wright, born Nannie Scott Honshell (September 8, 1856 - December 12, 1946) was the only known American female ironmaster. Early life Nannie Scott Honshell was born in Catlettsburg, KY, the daughter of Captain Washington Honshell, a riverman who was one of the founders of Cincinnati's White Collar line. As the daughter of a riverman, she travelled widely throughout her childhood. Marriage to Lindsey Kelly On October 8, 1879, Nannie Honshell married State Senator Lindsey Kelly, the son of a pig iron magnate. Lindsey Kelly was the owner/manager of Center Furnace, a charcoal iron furnace in Lawrence County, OH. When he died in 1902 (as did their one child, Lindsey Kelly, Jr.), Nannie Kelly became sole proprietress of Center Furnace. She managed the furnace personally and travelled to Cincinnati weekly to work to sustain the profitability of the furnace. She also inherited from Lindsey Kelly the directorship of the Kelly Nail and Iron Company of Ironton, OH Ironton i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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