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Willemina
Willemina is a Dutch feminine given name similar to Wilhelmina. Bearers often use a short form in daily life, including ''Ineke'', ''Mien'', ''Miep'', ''Wil'', ''Will'', ''Willeke'', ''Willy'', and ''Wilma''. People with the name include: * Willemina Jacoba "Wil" van Gogh (1862–1941), Dutch nurse and early feminist, sister of Vincent van Gogh * Willemina C.A. "Wilma" van Hofwegen (born 1971), Dutch swimmer * Willemina "Will" van Kralingen (1951–2012), Dutch actress *Willemina Ogterop Willemina Ogterop (1881–1974) was a Dutch-American artist and stained glass window designer of almost 500 windows in 80 locations. Biography Ogterop was born in Maastricht in the Netherlands in 1881. After migrating to California in 1918 with h ... (1881–1974), Dutch-born American stained glass window designer * Willemina R.C. "Mirjam" Sterk (born 1973), Dutch politician and educator * Willemina Hendrika "Ineke" Tigelaar (born 1945), Dutch swimmer * Willemina Zwanida "Willeke" Wendrich (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemina Ogterop
Willemina Ogterop (1881–1974) was a Dutch-American artist and stained glass window designer of almost 500 windows in 80 locations. Biography Ogterop was born in Maastricht in the Netherlands in 1881. After migrating to California in 1918 with her husband and four children, she worked in the Cummings Art Glass Studio in San Francisco as their principal designer from 1928 to 1953, designing nearly 500 stained glass windows, and creating more than 200 works of art in other media. There are more than 80 venues, primarily Christian churches, in six states of the US which contain her stained glass works; however, the great majority of her windows are in 40 cities and towns in California, in addition to a total of 9 churches in the states of Nevada, Washington, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Louisiana. She donated three works of art to India, two of which can be found on public display: the woodcarving "Satyagraha" in the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi and a stained glass plaque depicting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemina Jacoba Van Gogh
Wilhelmina (Wil) Jacoba van Gogh (; 16 March 1862 – 17 May 1941) was a nurse, teacher of scripture, and early Dutch feminist. She is the youngest and best-known sister of artist Vincent van Gogh, with whom he was close, and the art dealer Theo van Gogh. Life Wilhelmina Jacoba van Gogh was born on 16 March 1862 in Zundert in the Netherlands, daughter of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. She had three brothers Vincent, Theo, and Cor, and two sisters Elisabeth (Lise) and Anna. Wil and Vincent were close at an early age. They both had difficulties at school, both "rejected society's prevailing norms" and were "socially engaged and very creative," and "struggled with their mental health, which they discussed openly with each other." Wil never married or had children. During the first part of her life Wil van Gogh served her family and others, nursing the sick. When her mother broke her leg, Wil nursed her to health, with Vincent saying in a letter, "What Wil does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjam Sterk
Willemina Roziena Catharina (Mirjam) Sterk (born 23 May 1973 in Zeist) is a Dutch former politician, civil servant, NH editor as well as educator. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl) she was an MP from 23 May 2002 (on maternity leave from 8 April to 29 July 2008, replaced by Sabine Uitslag) to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of integration policy and social affairs. Sterk is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) and studied theology at Utrecht University. She is married and has three children. From May 2002 to September 2012 she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives. Following the controversial French Romani repatriation, Sterk advocated the deportation of Romani from the Netherlands. She said in an interview for ''Algemeen Dagblad'' that sending Romani, that are unemployed and cause nuisance, back to Hungary and Romania is a "good approach". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmina (given Name)
Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmena, Wilhelmine, Wilhemina) is a feminine given name, the Dutch, German and Yiddish form of Wilhelm or William, which is derived from the Germanic ''wil'', meaning "will, desire" and ''helm'', meaning "helmet, protection". Wilhelmina was ranked in the top 1000 most popular names for girls in the United States between 1900 and 1940 but is rarely used today. In many European countries, this name is once again very popular. Nicknames for Wilhelmina include, but are not restricted to, Minna, Mina, Mineke, Minnie, Willie and Billie. Notable persons with this name * Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel (1905–1973), American silent and early sound film actress * Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg (born 1951), British-American actress * Katherine Elizabeth Wilhelmina Sharon Beuving Langbroek (born 1965), Australian comedian, radio and television presenter * Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804–1860), German operatic soprano * Wilhelmina van den Berg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilma Van Hofwegen
Willemina ("Wilma") Cornelia Adriana van Rijn-van Hofwegen (born 17 July 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Van Hofwegen was born in Vlaardingen, and is married to former swimmer Michael van Rijn, who also competed for Holland. She competed in the silver medal-winning relay team alongside Inge de Bruijn, Thamar Henneken and Manon van Rooijen. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... ReferencesProfile on ZwemkroniekDutch Olympic Committee 1971 births Living people Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Swimmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ineke Tigelaar
Willemina Hendrika "Ineke" Tigelaar (born 9 October 1945) is a Dutch former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. She won four medals at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 ..., including one gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Between 1961 and 1964 she won six national titles in the 100 m, 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events. In 1962 and 1964 she was part of the Dutch teams that set new European records in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. zwemmenindepolder.nl References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willeke Wendrich
Willemina Zwanida "Willeke" Wendrich (born 13 September 1961, Haarlem) is a Dutch and/or American Egyptologist and archaeologist. Wendrich completed her Ph.D. at the Centre for Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS]) at Leiden University in the Netherlands in 1993. The topic of her dissertation was ''Ethnoarchaeology and the social context of Ancient Egyptian basketry'', which was subsequently published as ''The World According to Basketry'' by the CIoA Press in June 1999. From 1995 to 1999 Wendrich was an assistant professor of Egyptian archaeology at Leiden University, stationed at the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo. In 2000, Wendrich moved to Los Angeles and became an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Currently Wendrich holds the Joan Silsbee Chair in African Cultural Archaeology after becoming promoted to full professor in 2009. Wendrich has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Van Kralingen
Will van Kralingen (1 October 1951 in Nijmegen – 9 November 2012 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch actress whose starring credits included '' Havinck'' in 1987 and '' Temmink: The Ultimate Fight'' in 1998. Kralingen also appeared in Dutch television series, including '' De Zomer van '45'', '' Het jaar van de Opvolging'', and '' Het Wassende Water''. Her most recent television roles were '' Hartslag'' and ''Flikken Maastricht''. Will van Kralingen received two ''Golden Calf'' awards for her roles in '' Havinck'' and ''Storm in mijn Hoofd''. She later won a Theo d'Or for best dramatic actress in 2007. She then dubbed Moses's foster mother, Tuya, in the Dutch version of the 1998 animated feature, The Prince of Egypt. Her last film was '' De Goede Dood'', filmed in 2011 and released in February 2012. Will van Kralingen died from cancer at Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
