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Vashti (other)
Vashti is a Persian queen mentioned in the Book of Esther. Vashti may also refer to: People *Vashti Bartlett (1873–1969), American nurse who served with the American Red Cross during World War I, and in Siberia and Manchuria after the war *Vashti Bunyan (born 1945), English singer-songwriter * Vashti Clarke, NY based Jamaican model, actress, and entrepreneur *Vashti Cunningham (born 1998), American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump * Vashtie Kola (often stylized as Va$htie), American music video director, filmmaker, artist, designer, creative consultant and disc jockey *Vashti McCollum (1912–2006), the plaintiff in the landmark 1948 Supreme Court case McCollum v. Board of Education, which struck down religious education in public schools. *Vashti Murphy McKenzie (born 1947), a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Places * Vashti, Texas, an unincorporated community at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 174 and Farm to Market Road 1288, 18 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti
Vashti ( he, , translit=Vaštī; ; ) was a queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included within the Tanakh and the Old Testament which is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim. She was either executed or banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet to show her beauty as Ahasuerus wished, and was succeeded as queen by Esther, a Jew. That refusal might be better understood via the Jewish tradition that she was ordered to appear naked. In the Midrash, Vashti is described as wicked and vain; she is viewed as an independent-minded heroine in feminist theological interpretations of the Purim story. Attempts to identify her as one of the Persian royal consorts mentioned in extra-biblical records remain speculative. Etymology and meaning The meaning of the name ''Vashti'' is uncertain. As a modern Persian name it is understood to mean "goodness" but most likely it originated from the reconstructed Old Persian *''vaištī' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti Bartlett
Vashti Bartlett (November 15, 1873 – July 7, 1969) was an American nurse who served with the American Red Cross during World War I, and in Siberia and Manchuria after the war. She also worked in Haiti, Oklahoma, and Newfoundland on various missions. Early life and education Vashti Rebecca Bartlett was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of George W. B. Bartlett and Amanda Griffith Bartlett. She was named for her grandmother, Vashti Robinson Bartlett. She attended the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, and trained as a nurse at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, graduating in 1906. Among her instructors were Florence Sabin. Career In 1908, Vashti Bartlett joined Wilfred Grenfell's mission to Newfoundland, and served on staff as chief nurse at St. Anthony's Hospital. She supervised nurses at Garfield Hospital in Washington D. C., and at Watts Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, and joined Mabel Boardman's flood relief efforts in Ohio in 1913. During World War I, she was part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti Bunyan
Vashti Bunyan (born Jennifer Vashti Bunyan, 1945) is an English singer-songwriter. Beginning her career in the mid-1960s, she released her debut album, ''Just Another Diamond Day'', in 1970. The album sold very few copies and Bunyan, discouraged, abandoned her musical career. By 2000, her album had acquired a cult following; it was re-released and Bunyan recorded more songs, initiating the second phase of her musical career after a gap of thirty years. She subsequently released two more albums: ''Lookaftering'' in 2005, and ''Heartleap'' in 2014. Early life and education Bunyan was born in South Tyneside in 1945 to John Bunyan and Helen Webber, the youngest of three children. She was told that she was named after a boat that belonged to her father, a name that was also a nickname for her mother inspired by queen Vashti. The family moved to London when she was six months old. Although she has been said to be descended from ''The Pilgrim's Progress'' author John Bunyan, this is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti Clarke
Vashti Cordella Clarke is a Jamaican model, actress, and entrepreneur who resides in New York City. Recruited at the age of 17 she established her career in her home country of Jamaica while appearing in advertisements, features in The x-News, The Star Poster Girl and walking in tons of Fashion Event all over the Island. Career 2005–2010 With the experience and knowledge of the business, she took her career in her own hands and in February 2006, Pyoise Modeling Agency was born. 2010–present 2010 Clarke started breaking through in the US Market as she got back in her career, These efforts didn't bear fruits until a few years later. While eying the US market, she had the opportunity to work with brands such as: Femheka, Island Gems Jewelry . She later added a new hip high fashion event to the Jamaican roster dubbed; Fashion Weeks End, where at the end of the fashion weeks around the world, she in conjunction with Pyoise Modeling Agency hosted a weekend of fashion, last o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti Cunningham
Vashti Cunningham (born January 18, 1998) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump. She is the daughter of retired National Football League (NFL) quarterback Randall Cunningham, niece of retired NFL fullback Sam Cunningham, and the younger sister of Randall Cunningham II. Her mother is Felicity de Jager Cunningham a former ballerina with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Vashti, like her brother two years ahead of her in school, jumped for Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada until March 2016 when she signed with Nike. She announced at that time she intended to continue her education at a university while competing as a professional athlete. Jumping career On April 18, 2015, at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, Cunningham jumped , to set the new national high school record. At age 17, that was also equal to the No. 4 world Youth mark (under 19 years old). At that date it was the No. 3 mark in the world in 2015. She was named USATF Athlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashtie Kola
Vashtie Kola (often stylized as Va$htie; born April 23, 1981) is an American music video director, filmmaker, artist, designer, creative consultant and disc jockey. She has been active in the downtown New York City scene for over a decade. Early life She moved to New York City in 1999 to attend the School of Visual Arts, where she studied film. She graduated in 2004. During this time, she worked at Stüssy, a clothing store. Career Kola and Anthony Mandler were both hired by Box Fresh Pictures as directors in 2005. Her very first videos, including those for artists like Beans, J-Status, and Tony Hussle, were produced by this company. At the same time she was also writing music video treatments for established directors such as Anthony Mandler, Lenny Bass and Dr. Teeth. She wrote the treatment for Common's video "Testify" which starred Taraji P. Henson and Wood Harris. During the same time, Kola styled and modeled for the clothing line Billionaire Boys Club. Kola was asked to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti McCollum
Vashti Cromwell McCollum (November 6, 1912 – August 20, 2006) was the plaintiff in the landmark 1948 Supreme Court case McCollum v. Board of Education, which struck down religious education in public schools. The defendant in the case was the public school district of Champaign, Illinois; instructors chosen by three religious faiths had taught religion classes within the district's schools. McCollum wrote a book on the case, ''One Woman's Fight'' (1953), became a world traveler and served two terms as president of the American Humanist Association from 1962 to 1965. She was also a signer of the Humanist Manifesto II in October 1973 and the Humanist Manifesto III in 2003. In 1948, McCollum made this statement to ''The New York Times'': "As long as the public school is used to recruit the child into any religious denomination or to segregate children as per varying religious doctrines or whose power of truancy is employed to make them attend theology classes, I'm against i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Vashti Murphy McKenzie (born May 28, 1947) is the interim president and general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. She's also a retired bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and author of six books. In 2000, McKenzie became the first woman to be elected as bishop in the denomination's history. She later served as President of the Council of Bishops, becoming the first woman to serve as Titular head of the AME Church. Early life and education Vashti was born on May 28, 1947, in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the daughter of Samuel Edward Smith and Ida Murphy Smith Peters. She was named after her maternal grandmother, Vashti Turley Murphy, who was one of 22 women who founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 1913, while a student at Howard University. McKenzie's maternal grandfather, Carl J. Murphy, was the publisher and chief editor of the ''Baltimore Afro-American'', a black newspaper started by his father, John H. Murphy, Sr. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti, Texas
Vashti is an unincorporated community in southeastern Clay County in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 80 in 2000. It is located within the Wichita Falls metropolitan area. History Dave Taylor founded Vashti between 1880 and 1891. In 1891, he named a post office after his favorite niece, Vashti Strahan. Vashti had 264 residents in the 1920s, and the town was home to several businesses, including a cotton gin, three general merchandise stores, a pharmacy, and a blacksmith shop. There were also two fraternal orders and six churches in the area. Vashti was generally steady throughout the 1930s and 1940s, but it entered a decline phase in the 1950s as farming became less viable and better roads promoted more movement. After 1930, the post office closed. 140 people were living in Vashti by the middle of the 1950s, a number the town kept track of until the late 1980s. Vashti had five rated companies in 1956–1957, but by the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vashti (novel)
Augusta Jane Wilson ( Evans; May 8, 1835 – May 9, 1909), was an American author of Southern literature and a supporter of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Her books were banned by the American Library Association in 1881. She was the first woman to earn through her writing. Wilson was a native of Columbus, Georgia. Her first book, ''Inez, a Tale of the Alamo'', was written when she was still young and published by Harpers. Her second book, ''Beulah'', was issued in 1859 and became at once popular, still selling well when the American Civil War began. Cut off from the world of publishers, and intensely concerned for the cause of secession, she wrote nothing more until several years later when she published her third story, ''Macaria'', dedicated to the soldiers of the Confederate Army. This book was burned by some protesters. After the war closed, Wilson travelled to New York with the copy of '' St. Elmo'', which was published and met with great success. Her late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William & Vashti College
William & Vashti College was a college in Aledo, Illinois from 1908 to 1918. The school was founded by William Drury, a long time resident of Mercer County, and was named by him in his will as William and Vashti College to commemorate the memory of himself and his wife, Vashti Lewis. By the will of Mr. Drury the school was to be located in that city or town of Mercer County which would offer the largest bonus for its location. The city of Aledo, having offered more than any other locality in the county, secured the school. The purpose of Mr. Drury was to found a non-denominational school where the student could not only secure a complete classical or scientific education, but where he could also secure such practical instruction as would fit him for some particular employment. A campus of about 16 acres was acquired and the main college building, a boys' dormitory, a gymnasium, a heating plant and residence for the president were erected. Tuition in 1917 was $29.50. World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
