Zelma may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Zelma, Queensland
Grasstree Beach is a coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland
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, a town in the Mackay Region
United States
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Zelma, Indiana
Zelma is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence County, Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital ...
, unincorporated community in Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence County, Indiana
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Zelma, Saskatchewan
Zelma ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Morris No. 312 and Census Division No. 11. The village is located along Saskatchewan Highway 763.
History
Zelma incorporated ...
, small hamlet in Saskatchewan
People
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Zelma Davis, Liberian-born singer who rose to fame in the early 1990s
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Zelma Hedin
''Zelma'' Carolina Esolinda Hedin née ''Bergnéhr'' ( Stockholm, 31 May 1827 – Stockholm, 11 February 1874) was a Swedish stage actress. She was an elite actress of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, where she belonged to the star actors in the mid ...
(1827–1874), Swedish actress
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Zelma Henderson
Zelma Henderson (February 29, 1920 – May 20, 2008) was the last surviving plaintiff in the 1954 landmark federal school desegregation case, ''Brown v. Board of Education''. The case outlawed segregation nationwide in all of the United States' ...
(1920–2008), the last surviving plaintiff in the 1954 landmark federal school desegregation case
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Zelma Huppatz (1906–1982), Australian army nurse and hospital matron
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Zelma Long
Zelma R. Long (born 1945) is an American enologist and vintner. She is considered to be one of the female pioneers in California wine, and was the first woman to assume senior management of a Californian winery, Simi Winery, of which she was presi ...
, American enologist and winemaker
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Zelma Watson George
Zelma Watson George (December 8, 1903 – July 3, 1994) was a well-known African-American philanthropist who was famous for being an alternate in the United Nations General Assembly and, as a headliner in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera ''The Medium'', ...
(1903–1994), well known African American philanthropist
Fictional characters
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Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Zelma.
Organizations
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Zelma Hutsell Elementary School, public primary school in Katy, Texas, United States
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