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Winnifred
Winnifred is a given name. People Notable people with the name include: * Winnifred Eaton (1875–1954), Canadian author * Winnifred Harper Cooley (1874–1967), American author and lecturer * Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), British-born painter * Winnifred Quick (1904–2002), one of the last five remaining survivors of the sinking of RMS ''Titanic'' on April 15, 1912 * Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck (1882–1936), American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois *Winnifred Sarah Train (1904–1979), New Zealand army nurse, hospital matron, nurses' association leader *Winnifred Teo Suan Lie (1967–-1985), Singaporean student and victim of an unsolved rape-murder case Places * Winnifred, Alberta, hamlet in the Canadian province of Alberta * Winnifred Street Bridge (also known asWSDOT Bridge No. 1130), concrete box girder bridge in Ruston, Washington See also * Winifred (other) Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh language, Welsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Eaton (writer)
Winnifred Eaton (August 21, 1875 – April 8, 1954) was a Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry. Publishing prolifically under a number of names, most predominantly, the pseudonym Onoto Watanna, she was one of the first North American writers of Asian descent to publish fiction in English. Biography Eaton was the daughter of an English merchant, Edward C. Eaton (1839 – 1915), and a Chinese performer, Achuen "Grace" Amoy (1846 – 1922). The two married in Shanghai in 1863 but relocated to England a year later. Over the next few years, the Eaton family moved back and forth from England to New York several times before finally relocating permanently to Montreal in 1872, where Winnifred was born. The Eaton family was large; Winnifred was the eighth of 12 children who survived infancy. Edward Eaton struggled to support the family, who moved frequently from one lodging to the next. Nonetheless, the children were raised in an intellectually stimulating envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Teo Suan Lie
On the evening of 22 May 1985, 18-year-old Winnifred Teo Suan Lie (张碹丽 Zhāng Xuànlì), then a student of Catholic Junior College, went out for a evening jog as usual, but she never came back. The next morning, Teo's naked body was later found lying in the undergrowth off Bukit Timah, Old Holland Road, Singapore. She has several stab wounds on her body and was sexually assaulted prior to her death. Autopsy reports showed that Teo was being restrained and she put up a fierce struggle against her killer(s) before her death from excessive blood loss. The brutality of Teo's rape and murder brought great shock across the whole of Singapore in 1985. Although the police extensively investigated the case, the killer(s) were never caught. Teo's murder case is one of Singapore's most notable unsolved murder cases. Background and case Life of Winnifred Teo Born in 1967, Winnifred Teo Suan Lie was the second of three children, and she had both an elder sister and a younger brother. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred, Alberta
Winnifred is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada, within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located approximately southwest of the City of Medicine Hat and east of the Town of Bow Island. The County of Forty Mile No. 8 considers the community to be a hamlet. However, Alberta Municipal Affairs does not recognize it as a hamlet. History Winnifred, originally a whistle stop at Mile 31 on the Dunmore Junction, also known as the Turkey Track, was upgraded to a siding in 1885 named after a daughter of J.R. Whitlaw, one of the charter members of the Turkey Track. In 1903 the only buildings were the section house where William Savage lived, a dugout for the section hands, and a small two room building that housed the telegraph office. No more than ten people lived in the surroundings. Four years later in 1907 the Alberta Government opened up the district between Grassy Lake and Winnifred for homesteading. Settlers from Eastern Canada and the mid-western states flood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Harper Cooley
Winnifred Harper Cooley (October 2, 1874 – October 20, 1967) was an American author and lecturer. Early life Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, she was the daughter of Ida Husted Harper. Cooley graduated in 1896 with an A.B. in Ethics from Stanford University. Personal life In 1899, she married George Elliot Cooley, a Unitarian minister. The couple lived in Vermont and Michigan before finally settling in New York City. Cooley was widowed in 1926. Professional life Cooley was a prolific writer. Her best known work is ''The New Womanhood'' (1904). In ''The New Womanhood'', Cooley lists the achievements of the New Woman as 1- education (lower, higher, professional), 2- employment (industrial, commercial), and 3- recognition (legal and civil). In "The Younger Suffragists" (1913), Cooley distinguishes herself and the "younger feminists" from the "older suffragists" and their idea that gaining the ballot will change the world for women. Although the term would become wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Quick
Jane Quick (née Richards, 31 August 1878 − 24 February 1965) was a British-American woman who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912. Biography Early life Jane Richards was born in Plymouth, England, UK on 31 August 1878 to Thomas and Mary Ann Richards. She had two half-sisters from her mother's first marriage, Bessie and Martha. Jane married plasterer Frederick Charles Quick in 1902, and they had two daughters, Winnifred in 1904 and Phyllis in 1909. In 1910, the Quicks emigrated to Detroit, Michigan in the US. Jane and her two daughters returned to England in 1912 to visit relatives and were ready to return in April 1912. Aboard ''Titanic'' Jane, eight-year-old Winnifred and two-year-old Phyllis boarded the RMS ''Titanic'' on 10 April 1912 in Southampton, England as second-class passengers. The smell of fresh paint in their cabin was so strong that Jane left the door ajar. On the night of the collision, a steward knocked on the Quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Hudson
Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996) was a British-born painter who lived most of her life in Hawaii. She was born in Sunderland, England on May 21, 1905. At the age of six, she moved with her family to Alberta, Canada, where she grew up. In 1932, she came to Hawaii on a vacation and liked it so much that she moved to Honolulu in 1934.Advertiser staff, "Painter Winnifred Hudson dies, ''Honolulu Advertiser'', June 20, 1996, p. 6 Hudson worked as a secretary and took courses at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. At age 60, she quit her job to become a full-time artist. In 1995, at age 90, she left Hawaii to live near her family in California.Cox, Meki, "Three decades of art in the abstract come to an end", ''Honolulu Advertiser'', July 14, 1995, pp. C1-C3 She died in Davis, California on May 10, 1996. Although also making prints and collages, Hudson is best known for her hard-edge abstract paintings with a tenuous relationship to nature.Rose, Joan, "Bidding a fond farewell", ''Honolulu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck
Winnifred Sprague Huck (née Mason; September 14, 1882 – August 24, 1936) was an American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois who became the third woman to serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette Rankin and Alice Mary Robertson, the first woman to represent Illinois in Congress, the first woman to win a special election for the United States Congress, and the first mother. a July 1, 1921 article from '''' She was elected to fill the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Sarah Train
Winnifred Sarah Train (14 February 1904 – 16 July 1979) was a notable New Zealand army and civilian nurse, hospital matron, and nurses' association leader. She was born in Waitotara, Wanganui, New Zealand, in 1904. Train was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1965 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1965 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the ''Lond .... References 1904 births 1979 deaths New Zealand nurses New Zealand military personnel of World War II New Zealand women nurses New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{NewZealand-med-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnifred Street Bridge
The Winnifred Street Bridge (also known as WSDOT Bridge No. 1130) is a concrete box girder bridge in Ruston, Washington. It was built in 1941 by S. R. Gray. The bridge has a deck, and sits above railroad tracks in a ravine. After an inspection of the bridge, it was found to have structural deficiencies in its abutment wall, and was closed for repairs. The original guardrails were replaced, as well as the deck surface. In June 2003, the bridge reopened to traffic. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1995. References Sources * National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) Bridges completed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred (other)
Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh language, Welsh ''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to: People * Saint Winifred * Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits * Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957), better known simply as Mitchell Baker, the "Chief Lizard Wrangler" and the President of the Mozilla Corporation * Winifred, Countess of Dundonald, wife of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald * Winifred Brunton (1880-1959), a painter from South Africa most famous for her haunting portraits of Egyptian pharaohs * Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (née ''Dallas-Yorke;'' 1863–1954), wife of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland * Winifred Copperwheat (19051976), English violist *Winifred Starr Dobyns (18861963), American suffragist and landscape designer * Dr. Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
