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Elisabeth SchĂĽssler Fiorenza Elisabeth SchĂĽssler Fiorenza (born 1938) is a leading feminist theologian. She identifies as Catholic and her work is generally in the context of Christianity, although much of her work has broader applicability.
Elisabeth Schumacher Elisabeth Schumacher (née Hohenemser, born 28 April 1904 in Darmstadt, died 22 December 1942 in Berlin-Plötzensee, executed) was a resistance fighter in the Third Reich. She belonged to the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) resistance group.
Elisabeth Schumann Elisabeth Schumann (born Merseburg, 13 June 1888 - died New York, 23 April 1952) was a celebrated German soprano who sang in opera, operetta, oratorio and lieder and left a rich legacy of recordings. She was a much loved artist, admired for her vivacity, elegance and beauty.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf DBE (December 9, 1915 – August 3, 2006) was a German opera singer (who later took British citizenship). She was one of the leading sopranos of the post-World War II period, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf.
Elisabeth von Thadden Elisabeth Adelheid Hildegard von Thadden (born 29 July 1890 in Mohrungen, East Prussia, nowadays Morąg, Poland; died 9 September 1944 in Berlin, executed) was a German educator who founded a private school that nowadays bears her name, and an outspoken critic of the National Socialist (Nazi) régime. She was put to death in the wake of the July 20 Plot, although it seems highly unlikely that she had anything to do with that or any other plot to overthrow the Nazis.
Elisabeth Willebroordse Elisabeth Willebroordse (born September 13, 1978 in Middelburg, Zeeland) is a female judoka from the Netherlands, who won the title in the women's –63 kg division at the 2005 European Championships. A year later, when Tampere, Finland hosted the event, she was defeated in the semi-finals by eventual gold medalist Sarah Clark from Great Britain, and had to satisfy with the bronze medal in her weight division.
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl Elisabeth Young-Bruehl (born 3 March 1946 as Elisabeth Young) is an American academic and psychotherapist, currently a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City and on the faculty of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.Announcement for lecture "Sexuality, Then and Now", Trinity College, Connecticut.
Elisabeth-Anne de Massy Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy was born on 13th January 1947 to Princess Antoinette of Monaco and her lover Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. She is a first cousin of the reigning Prince Albert II and niece of Rainier III.
Elisabeth-Maria Angela Tatjana von Lattorf Elisabeth Maria Angela Tatjana von Lattorf (born 25 January 2002) is the eldest daughter of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (1973) and her husband Philipp von Lattorff (1968). She was born in Grabs, Switzerland.
Elisabeth, comtesse Greffulhe Princess Marie Anatole Louise Elisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (11 July 1860–21 August 1952), best known by her married name, Elisabeth, comtesse Greffulhe, was a renowned beauty, and queen of the salons of the Faubourg Saint-Germain.
Elisabetha Koopman Hevelius Elisabetha Koopman Hevelius (1647 - 1693) was a Polish astronomer and second wife of Johannes Hevelius. Her marriage in 1663 to Johannes allowed her to pursue her own interest in astronomy, she helped him manage his observatory in Danzig.
Elisabetta Canalis Elisabetta Canalis (born 12 september1978 in Sassari, Italy) is an Italian model and actress. A fairly popular personality on Italian television, Canalis can be seen by worldwide audiences in the film Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and the upcoming film Virgin Territory with Hayden Christensen and Mischa Barton.
Elisabetta Sirani Elisabetta Sirani (born 1638, died at the age of 27 in 1665) was an Italian painter whose father was the painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani of the School of Bologna, and the principal assistant of Guido Reni. She painted an Assumption at the Parish Church of Borgo Panigale.
Elisandrya De Sade Elisandrya De Sade (Born June 14, 1959) is the author of a series of semi-autobiographical novels, beginning with "Memoires Of A Mad Vampire", which was released in early 2005. Her latest novel, "Deadly Beloved" is due in stores in December, 2006.
Elisaveta Bagriana Elisaveta Bagryana () (April 16, 1893 – March 23, 1991), born Elisaveta Lyubomirova Belcheva (), was a Bulgarian poet who wrote her first verses while living with her family in Veliko Tarnovo in 1907-08. She, along with Dora Gabe (1886-1983), is considered one of the Bulgarian mothers of literature.
Elise Doganieri Elise Doganieri is the Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer of the CBS reality show The Amazing Race. The reality adventure series follows teams of two (teams of four in season 8) racing around the world for a one million dollar prize.
Elise Finch Elise Finch was a meteorologist for NBC's national forecasting service 'NBC Weather Plus' from December 2004 to December 2006 and also worked for MSNBC. Before that she was at KAAL in Austin, Minnesota and also reported the weather in Youngstown, Ohio.
Elise Norwood Elise Simone Ashton (nee Norwood) (born June 18, 1981 in Sydney) is captain of the Australian Women's Water Polo team. She is a right handed utility and played her 100th international game on 20 August 2005 against the Netherlands during the FINA World League Final series in Kirishi, Russia.
Elise Ottesen-Jensen Elise Ottesen-Jensen (2 January 1886 − 4 September 1973) was a Norwegian-Swedish sexuality educator, journalist and socialist agitator, whose main mission was to fight for womens' rights to understand and control their own body and sexuality. She is considered a pioneer in the field of womens' rights and feminism.
Elise Riggs Elise Riggs is a character in the popular snowboarding video game, SSX Tricky. SSX Tricky is the second game in the SSX series (Supercross Snowboarding X-treme) and is available on all PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox consoles.
Eliseo Soriano Eliseo Fernando Soriano (born April 7, 1947- ) is a phenomenal Philippine religious evangelist. Soriano is presiding minister of the Christian group Members Church of God International in the Philippines where he is styled "The Only Sensible Preacher of our Time".
Elisha Elisha () is a Biblical prophet. In Latin, (and in English to some Catholics) he is known as Eliseus; however, the standard English form of the name has been "Elisha," at least since the introduction of the King James Version of the Bible.
Elisha Collier Elisha Collier of Boston invented a flintlock revolver around 1814, probably the earliest such weapon. It was produced from 1819 by John Evans & Son of London, and used in quantity by the British forces in India.
Elisha Cook Jr. Character actor Elisha Cook, Jr. (born December 26, 1903 in San Francisco, California, USA, died May 18, 1995 in Big Pine, California) made a career playing cowardly villains and neurotics, earning the nickname "Hollywood's lightest heavy.
Elisha Gray Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an electrical engineer and is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois, independently of Alexander Graham Bell.
Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell Controversy The Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell Controversy revolves around the question of whether Bell and Gray invented the telephone independently and, if not, whether one stole the invention from the other. This controversy is more narrow than the broader question of who deserves credit for inventing the telephone, for which there are several claimants.
Elisha Hunt Allen Elisha Hunt Allen (January 28, 1804 – January 1, 1883) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Hawaiian justice. He was born in New Salem, Massachusetts, attended New Salem Academy and graduated from Williams College in 1823.
Elisha Hunt Rhodes Elisha Hunt Rhodes (March 21 1842 – January 14, 1917) served in the Union Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Rhodes' illustrative diary of his war service was quoted prominently in Ken Burns' PBS documentary The Civil War.
Elisha K. Root Elisha K. Root (born Ludlow, Massachusetts 1808 - died 1865) was a Connecticut machinist and inventor who perfected the Lincoln Miller milling machine, 150,000 of which were sold in the late 1800s, making it the most important American machine tool of the era.
Elisha Kane Elisha Kent Kane (28 February 1820 – 16 February 1857) was a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin.
Elisha Otis Elisha Graves Otis (August 3 1811 — April 7 1861) invented a safety device in 1852 that made elevators much safer by preventing them from falling if the hoisting cable broke. Otis was born near Halifax, Vermont.
Elisha R. Potter Elisha Reynolds Potter (1811 - 1882) was an statesman and jurist from Kingston, Rhode Island. He was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and served one term in the United States House of Representatives.
Elisha Reynolds Potter Elisha Reynolds Potter (1764-1835) was a statesman from Kingston, Rhode Island, who served several times as the Speaker in the Rhode Island State Assembly and as a United States Representative in 1796 - 1797 and 1809 - 1815.
Elisha Shapiro Elisha Shapiro is an American nihilist known for his creation of public spectacles promoting a philosophical rejection of objective value and truth. In 2006, Shapiro ran as an independent in the Governor of California election.
Elishah Elishah was the son of Javan according to the Book of Genesis, as well as the mediaeval, rabbinic Book of Jasher; he is said in Jasher to have been the ancestor of the "Almanim", possibly a reference to Germanic tribes (Alamanni). Others have identified Elishah with Cypriots.
Elisheva Shomron Elisheva Shomron, nee Nancy Thomson Sebastian, is the composer of over 200 Messianic Jewish worship songs. As a singer/songwriter, her music constitutes a large portion of the Messianic music repertoire of many congregations.
Elision Elision is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase, producing a result that is easier for the speaker to pronounce. Sometimes, sounds may be elided for euphonic effect.
Elision (French) In French, elision refers to the suppression of a final unstressed vowel (usually ) immediately before another word beginning with a vowel. The term also refers to the orthographic convention by which the deletion of a vowel is reflected in writing, and indicated with an apostrophe.
Elisra Elisra Group is a privately owned Israeli manufacturer of high-tech electronic devices for mainly but not exclusively military use. That includes equipment for electronic communication and surveillance, missile tracking and controlling systems, radar and lidar equipment.
Elissa (Canadian singer) Elissa is a Canadian dance music singer and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. First active in 1996 with the freestyle single, "Show Me How You Love Me", Elissa gained success with the song "Mamboleo" in 1999, which charted #6 in Canada, and earned her a Canadian Music Radio Award nomination.
Elistan Elistan was a Seeker (a religion that provided false gods in the turbulent times after the Cataclysm), but he later became he first cleric of Paladine in the fictional series of Dragonlance novels. His early life is unknown.
Elite Elite (also spelt Élite) is taken from the latin, eligere, "to elect". In sociology as in general usage, the élite (the "elect," from French) is a relatively small dominant group within a larger society, which enjoys a privileged status which is upheld by individuals of lower social status within the structure of a group.
Elite (computer game) Elite is a seminal space trading computer game, originally published by Acornsoft in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights of 'Elite'.
Elite Eight The term Elite Eight refers to the final eight teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. In Division I, the Elite Eight consists of the teams in the final game of each of the tournament's four regional brackets.
Elite Fighting Championship Elite Fighting Championship is a mixed martial arts (MMA) organization based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was created in 2005 to showcase the sport of mixed martial arts in Western Canada on a professional level.
Elite Four The Elite Four is a fictional team of four Pokémon trainers in the Pokémon world. The Elite Four, at any given time, is composed of five highly-skilled Pokémon trainers, forming the final challengers for any Pokémon trainer taking on the Pokémon League.
Elite media The elite media is a term used especially by the right-wing, used to describe newspapers, radio stations, TV channels and other media whose employees allegedly believe that they are more intelligent than anyone else.
Elite theory Elite Theory is an analysis of power relationships in modern society. It argues that a small minority, comprised of members of the economic elite and policy-planning networks, hold the most power no matter what happens in elections in a country.
Elite Wrestling Revolution Elite Wrestling Revolution (EWR) was an independent Canadian wrestling promotion, based out of Quebec City. Founded by Eric "Nightmare Manson" Picard & partner Patrick Larue in January 2004, the promotion was born from the ashes of its predecessor, Canadian Championship Wrestling (CCW), previously owned by legendary Quebec wrestler Sunny War Cloud (Robert Rancourt).
Elith Pio Viggo Elith William Pio (July 3, 1887 - February 10, 1983) a Danish actor, was born and lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is most well known for starring in Carl Theodor Dreyer's Leaves from Satan's Book, Ole Palsbo's Jenny and the Soldier and Benjamin Christensen's Häxan.
Elitch Gardens Elitch Gardens was a family owned seasonal amusement park, theater, and botanic garden in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado at 38th and Tennyson streets. For more than a century Elitch's was one of the most popular entertainment destinations in Colorado.
Elitch Gardens (Amusement Park) Elitch Gardens , previously known as Six Flags Elitch Gardens, is an amusement park in Denver, Colorado. It was once owned by Six Flags until being sold to PARC 7F Operations Corporation on January 11, 2007 along side six other parks.
Elitch Theatre Elitch Theatre is an 1891 Shingle Style theatre located at the original Elitch Gardens site in northwest Denver, Colorado. It was home to the United States' oldest summer-stock theater company from 1897 until 1963.
Elitism Elitism is the belief or attitude that the people who are considered to be the elite — a selected group of people with outstanding personal abilities, wealth, specialised training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously, or that these are persons whose views should be regarded as carrying the most weight, or, more simply, these people are best fit to govern or whose views and/or actions are mostly likely to be constructive. Alternatively, the term elitism could be used to describe a situation in which power is in fact concentrated in the hands of an elite, whether rightly or not.
Elitist hermits international Elitist Hermits International is an association established in 2005 by founding members Moe and Christina (last names withheld for privacy reasons). The association was created in order to unite alienated members of society across the globe who for various reasons, have struggled over the years to make close friendships.
Elitserien (disambiguation) Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish sport leagues that covers the whole of Sweden. The best known league named Elitserien is Elitserien i hockey, the highest league in Swedish ice hockey.
Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-testing problem In physics, the Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-testing problem is a thought-experiment in quantum mechanics, first proposed by Avshalom Elitzur and Lev Vaidman in 1993. It employs a Mach-Zehnder interferometer for ascertaining whether a measurement has taken place.
Eliu Rivera Eliu Rivera represents (District 4 on the Hudson County, New Jersey] [[Board of Chosen Freeholders, one of nine members who serve in a legislative role administering all county business. District 4 includes portions of the City of Jersey City.
Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge (born November 5 1984 in Kapsisiywa, near Kapsabet) is a Kenyan 5000 metres runner. He won a bronze medal at that 2004 Olympics and a gold medal at the 2003 World Championships, beating runner-up Hicham El Guerrouj by four hundredths of a second.
Elixir (comics) Elixir (Joshua "Josh" Foley), is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, and a student at the Xavier Institute and a member of the New X-Men. He first appeared in New Mutants (second series) #5, and he is one of only 27 students to maintain his powers in the wake of House of M.
Elixir Desktop The Elixir Desktop was an innovative graphical user interface environment created in the mid to late 1980s by Elixir Technologies Corporation. The Elixir Desktop married the user interface metaphors of the Xerox Star 8010 (icons, windows) with the GEM graphics environment from Digital Research Incorporated running on an IBM PC and compatible hardware.
Elixir of life The elixir of life, also known as the elixir of immortality or Dancing Water and sometimes equated with the Philosopher's stone, is a legendary potion, or drink, that grants the drinker eternal life or eternal youth. Many practitioners of alchemy pursued it for two main reasons: either they sought the gift of immortality for its own sake, or they desired to spend as much time as possible practicing alchemy.
Elixir Strings Elixir Strings is a company that makes strings for electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as banjo and mandolin. Their strings are considered to be higher quality because of their patented coating that extends the strings life and tone by blocking damage from elements like skin oil.
Eliyahu Asheri Eliyahu Asheri (February 2, 1988 – June 25, 2006) was an Israeli student from the town of Itamar, in the Samaria region of the West Bank who was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) on June 25, 2006, hours after the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli corporal, that led to Operation Summer Rains.
Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892-30 December 1953) was an influential Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosopher of the 20th century. He is best known as mashgiach ruchani ("spiritual counselor") of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Israel.
Eliyahu Chaim Rosen Eliyahu Chaim Rosen (1899–1984) was a respected rabbi and leader of the Breslover community in Uman, Ukraine before World War II. After he emigrated to Israel in 1936, he founded the Breslover Yeshiva in Jerusalem and served as its rosh yeshiva for decades.
Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy (November 3 1938 - December 12, 2006) was one of the founder member of the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students a Tamil militant group from Sri Lanka and a noted Marxist-Leninist political leader .
Eliza (Stephenson character) Eliza is a main character from Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle (consisting of the novels Quicksilver, The Confusion and The System of the World). Her last name is not revealed in a mysterious manner that suggests it may have some significance.
Eliza Acton Elizabeth 'Eliza' Acton (April 17, 1799 - February 13, 1859was an English cook] who produced one of the country's first cookbooks aimed at the domestic reader, Modern Cookery for Private Families. In this book she introduced the now-universal practice of listing the ingredients at the beginning of each recipe.
Eliza Armstrong case The Eliza Armstrong case was a major scandal in the United Kingdom involving a child supposedly bought for prostitution for the purpose of exposing the evils of white slavery. While it achieved its purpose of helping to enable the passage of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885, it also brought unintended consequences to its chief perpetrator, William Thomas Stead.
Eliza Carthy Eliza Carthy (born August 23, 1975) is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing fiddle. She is the daughter of legendary English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson.
Eliza Cook Eliza Cook (24 December 1818 - 23 September 1889) was an English author born in Southwark, the daughter of a local tradesman. She attended the local Sunday Schools and was encouraged by the son of the music master to produce her first volume of poetry.
Eliza Daniel Stewart Eliza Daniel Stewart, born in 1816, was an early temperance movement leader. In 1872, she urged wives of "drunkards" to sue alcohol dealers and may have been the first proponent of what are now known as server liability laws.
Eliza Farnham Eliza Farnham (November 17, 1815 – December 15, 1864) 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform, her fame as a writer rests upon her work Life in Prairie Land (1846), an account of life on the Illinois prairie near Pekin between 1836 and 1840. She strongly believed in the idea of phrenology to treat prisoners
Eliza Hoppe Eliza Hoppe is a Danish model and TV actress who is leading a wholly Turkish career and is based in Turkey where she is also pursuing her studies. She is the daughter of Christian Hoppe, the former ambassador of Denmark in Ankara.
Eliza Lee Eliza (Buckminster) Lee (1792-1864) was an American author, the daughter of Joseph Buckminster. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; was well educated by her father and brother, Joseph Stevens Buckminster; married a Thomas Lee of Boston; became a writer; and was unusually felicitous in her descriptions of New England life.
Eliza Manningham-Buller Dame Elizabeth (Eliza) Lydia Manningham-Buller, DCB (born 14 July, 1948) is the current director general (DG) of MI5, the British internal national security agency, appointed in October 2002. Her full title is The Hon.
Eliza McCardle Johnson Elizabeth McCardle Johnson (October 4, 1810 in Greeneville, Tennessee – January 15, 1876 in Greenville, Tennessee) was the 22nd First Lady of the United States and the wife of Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States. He credits her in teaching him how to read and write having never gone to school.
Eliza Orzeszkowa Eliza Orzeszkowa (1842-1910), Polish novelist, was born near Hrodna (present Belarus), of the noble family of Pawłowski. In her sixteenth year she married Piotr Orzeszko, a Polish nobleman, who was exiled to Siberia after the insurrection of 1863.
Eliza Poe Eliza Poe (1787-1811) was a British-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe. Born Eliza Arnold, she began her career as an actress at a very young age, playing numerous venues on the outskirts of London.
Eliza Pratt Greatorex Eliza Pratt Greatorex, artist, born in Manor Hamilton, Ireland, 25 December 1819, died 1897, was the daughter of Reverend James Calcott Pratt, and came to New York in 1840, where in 1849 she married Henry Wellington Greatorex. Subsequently she studied art with William II.
Eliza Szonert Eliza Szonert (born January 29, 1974) is an Australian actress, known for playing Danni Stark in Australia's long-running soap Neighbours (from 1993 to 1996 and in 2005) and Janine Kellerman in the Australian blockbuster The Dish (2000).
Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth is the Greek form Ελισ(σ)άβετ Elis(s)avet of the Hebrew Elisheva, meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance." There are many short forms of the name in use in English-speaking countries; these include, but are not limited to, Babette, Bess, Bessie, Bessy, Bet, Beth, Bethanne, Bethey, Betsie, Betta, Bette, Bettina, Betty, Bizzy, Eli, Elisa, Elise, Eliza, Ellie, Elsie, Elspeth, Ilsa, Isabel, Isabella, Isobel, Lib, Libby, Liesl, Lili, Lilli, Lilie, Lillie, Lily, Lilly, Lilibet, Lilibeth, Lillibeth, Lillibet, Lilla, Lillah, Lisa, Lisbet, Lisbeth, Liz, Liza, Lizz, Lizzette, Lidabet, Lizzie, Lizine, Lizzy, Sissi, Tess, Tetsy, and Tetty.
Elizabeth (Biblical person) Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva (Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע / אֱלִישָׁבַע "My God is an oath", Standard Hebrew / , Tiberian Hebrew / )(Arabic: إشاع) was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias, according to the New Testament.
Elizabeth (East Indiaman) The Elizabeth was a 650-ton cargo ship chartered by private merchants (and thus not technically an East Indiaman) to sail to Madras and Bengal with a cargo of metals, beer glass and trade goods as well as a substantial number of passengers and lascars. On the 28 December, 1810, she was wrecked on the Dunkirk brake.
Elizabeth A. Mannix Elizabeth A. Mannix is the professor of Management and Organizations at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, and the Director of the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University.
Elizabeth Adkins Elizabeth Adkins was a prominent figure in London's underworld during the early 18th century as a prostitute, pickpocket and a thief whose aliases included Mary or Maria Godson although she is best known as Moll King. It has been speculated that she, among others, was the basis for the main character in Daniel Defoe's novel Moll Flanders.
Elizabeth Anionwu Professor Elizabeth Anionwu RN PhD CBE FRCN is a nurse and Head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice (Faculty of Health and Human Sciences at Thames Valley University) and Honorary Professor of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is also Vice-Chairperson of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal.
Elizabeth Ann Blaesing Elizabeth Ann Britton Harding Blaesing (22 October 1919 - 17 November 2005) was the alleged illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States, and Nan Britton, a native of Marion, Ohio.
Elizabeth Ann Duke Elizabeth Ann Duke (born November 25, 1940) is a former American teacher, philanthropist, and militant fugitive best known for her involvement an armed communist group which advocated violent overthrow of the U.S.
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Elizabeth Ann Scarborough was born March 23, 1947, and lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington, in a log cabin filled with brilliant colors, beads and cats. Elizabeth won a Nebula Award in 1989 for her novel "The Healer's War," and has written more than a dozen other novels.
Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon Elizabeth Wells Cannon (also referred to as Annie Wells Cannon) (December 7, 1859 - September 2, 1942) was a prominent women's suffragist in Utah who served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1913 - 1915 and again in 1921. She was also president of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and a charter member of the Utah Red Cross.
Elizabeth Anstice Baker Elizabeth Anstice Baker (1849–1914), intellectual and social activist, was born on 24 September 1849 at the family mansion, Morialta, at Magill, South Australia, sixth of eight surviving children of John Baker, an English-born pastoralist and politician, and his wife Isabella Morrison, née Allan, from Scotland. Bessie's older brother was (Sir) Richard Chaffey Baker.
Elizabeth Askren Elizabeth Askren was born in New York City and began piano studies at the age of three. She holds diplomas from the Juilliard School, Oberlin Conservatory, the Conductors’ Institute at Bard, the Schola Cantorum, and the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.
Elizabeth B. Lacy Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy (born 1945 in South Carolina) is a Virginia jurist and was the first woman named to the Virginia State Corporation Commission and subsequently was the first woman named to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Lacy is a graduate of St.
Elizabeth Bain Elizabeth Bain, a 22-year-old university student in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, disappeared and was presumed murdered on June 19, 1990. Her car was later discovered with a bloodstain in the backseat, but her body was never found.
Elizabeth Bainbridge Elizabeth Bainbridge is a retired opera singer from West Sussex, England. Her career in singing spans several decades, the majority of her successes being achieved whilst being a member of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
Elizabeth Ball Elizabeth Ball is a Vancouver city councillor who was elected as a member of Non-Partisan Association in 2005. She was the founder of Carousel Theatre Company and served as Managing Artistic Director for 27 years.
Elizabeth Barry Elizabeth Barry (1658 – November 7, 1713) was an English actress who worked in big, prestigious London theatre companies throughout her successful career: from 1675 in the Duke's Company, 1682–1695 in the monopoly United Company, and from 1695 onwards as a member of the actors' cooperative usually known as Betterton's Company, of which she was one of the original shareholders. Her stage career began 15 years after the first-ever professional actresses had replaced Shakespeare's boy heroines on the London stage.
Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside suburb in eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 3kms east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.

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