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Susan Butler (artist)
Susan Butler may refer to: *Susan Dart Butler (1888–1959), American librarian *Susan Butler (American writer) Susan Butler (born 1932) is an American journalist and biographer, best known as a biographer of Amelia Earhart. Butler is a 1953 graduate of Bennington College, and went on to earn a master's degree in political science at Columbia University. W ... (born 1932) * Susan M. Butler (born 1948), Australian lexicographer * Susan Bulkeley Butler, American businesswoman {{hndis, Butler, Susan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Dart Butler
Susan Dart Butler (1888 – June 24, 1959) was an American librarian and milliner. Early life and education Susan Dart was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1888 as the oldest child of Reverend John Lewis Dart (1854-1915) and Julia Pierre. She was named after her grandmother, Susan Fenwick, who prior to the Civil War was able to purchase her husband as a free person of color. Reverend Dart, a Baptist, was born free and attended Newton Theological Seminary. Butler attended a private school in 1895, but due to overcrowding, her father established the Charleston Normal and Industrial Institute known locally as Dart Hall, which was located on their property able to serve 150 African American schoolchildren. Butler attended Atlanta University and later lived in Boston to attend the McDowell Millinery School from 1908 to 1912. In 1912, she married Nathaniel Lowe Butler, a building contractor and real estate agent, and the couple relocated to Charleston where she was a milliner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Butler (American Writer)
Susan Butler (born 1932) is an American journalist and biographer, best known as a biographer of Amelia Earhart. Butler is a 1953 graduate of Bennington College, and went on to earn a master's degree in political science at Columbia University. Works Butler spent ten years working on her biography of Amelia Earhart. She was partially inspired to work on the life of Earhart because her (Butler's) own mother had been a pilot and a member of the Ninety-Nines. She visited pertinent locations such as Trepassey and Harbour Grace, and did much of her research at the Schlesinger Library, which housed the papers of Amelia Earhart. The original title of the book was to be ''Amelia Earhart, An Extraordinary Woman'', but Butler's husband put forward the idea of ''East to the Dawn''. Butler explained the rationale behind the title in a 1997 ''Booknotes'' interview: "...her major flights were from west to east, and she was on her solo flight across the Atlantic flying into the dawn. She was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan M
Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), from Greek ''Sousanna'', from Latin ''Susanna'', from Old French ''Susanne''. Variations * Susana (given name), Susanna, Susannah * Suzana, Suzanna, Suzannah * Susann, Suzan, Suzann * Susanne (given name), Suzanne * Susanne (given name) * Suzan (given name) * Suzanne * Suzette (given name) * Suzy (given name) * Zuzanna (given name) *Cezanne (Avant-garde) Nicknames Common nicknames for Susan include: * Sue, Susie, Susi (German), Suzi, Suzy, Suzie, Suze, Poosan, Sanna, Suzie, Sookie, Sukie, Sukey, Subo, Suus (Dutch), Shanti In other languages * fa, سوسن (Sousan, Susan) ** tg, Савсан (Savsan), tg, Сӯсан (Sūsan) * ku, Sosna,Swesne * ar, سوسن (Sawsan) * hy, Շուշան (Šušan) * (Sushan) * Suj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |