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Elizabeth Báthory Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, Alžbeta Bátoriová (-Nádašdy in Slovak), Elżbieta Batory in Polish, August 7?, 1560 – August 21, 1614), the Bloody Lady of Čachtice, was a Hungarian countess who lived in the Čachtice Castle near Trenčín, in present-day Slovakia, relative of king of Poland and prince of Transylvania, Stefan Batory.
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1885—1911) was a pioneering social investigator of the Progressive Era. She is best known for her contributions to The Pittsburgh Survey, a landmark study of social conditions in an American city.
Elizabeth Bennet Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Bennet is a fictional character and the protagonist of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. The novel centres around her attempts to find love and happiness within the society she lives in, particularly concerning her relationship with the apparently cold, distant Mr.
Elizabeth Bentley Elizabeth Terrill Bentley (January 1, 1908- November 18, 1963) was an American spy for the Soviet Union from 1938 until 1945. In 1945 she defected from the Communist Party and Soviet intelligence and became an informer for the U.
Elizabeth Berridge Actress Elizabeth Berridge, or Beth, was born May 2 1962 in Mamaroneck, New York. She was encouraged to pursue a performing career by Molly McCarthy, an acting coach who lived across the street, after seeing Elizabeth play Snoopy in the fifth grade.
Elizabeth Berrington Elizabeth Berrington is British actress who has featured in many popular British television programs such as Casualty, Silent Witness, The Bill and The Office. She has also featured in movies such as Nanny McPhee and The Little Vampire
Elizabeth Bibesco Elizabeth "Asquith" Bibesco (February 26, 1897 - April 7, 1945) was an English writer, active between 1921 - 1940. A final posthumous collection of her stories, poems and aphorisms was published under the title "Haven" in 1951, with a preface by Elizabeth Bowen.
Elizabeth Billington Elizabeth Billington (1768–25 August 1818) was a British opera singer born in London, her father being a German musician named Weichsel, and her mother a popular vocalist. She was trained in music, and at fourteen sang at a concert in Oxford.
Elizabeth Birch Elizabeth Birch (born 1956, Dayton, Ohio) is an American attorney and former corporate executive who came to Washington in January of 1995 to head the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT organization.
Elizabeth Blackburn Elizabeth (Liz) H(elen) Blackburn (November 26, 1948 - ) is a professor of biology and leading researcher in the field of the telomere and the telomerase enzyme, and their relationships to aging and cancer. She was born in Hobart, the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania, but has become a citizen of the United States.
Elizabeth Blount Elizabeth Blount (c. 1502 - 1540), who was better known by her nickname of "Bessie," best known as a royal mistress to Henry VIII of England, was the daughter of Sir John Blount of Shropshire, a knight living in the reign of Henry VII of England, the first Tudor King of England.
Elizabeth Bodine Elizabeth Bodine (1898–1986) was a humanitarian who was given the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award in July 1979, during the International Year of the Child. She had served as the North Dakota Mother of the Year in 1968.
Elizabeth Bogush Elizabeth Bogush is an actress, born in 1977. She has appeared in many TV shows, including Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and Breadwinners, and she has guested in many more, including Scrubs, Beverly Hills 90210, and Felicity.
Elizabeth Bowen Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (7 June, 1899 – 22 February, 1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer. Bowen was born in Dublin and later brought to Bowen’s Court in County Cork where she spent her summers.
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite; 4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the Queen Consort of King George VI from 1936 until his death in 1952. After her husband's death, she was known as "Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother," to avoid confusion with her elder daughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth Bracco Elizabeth Bracco (born 1959Born in 1959 according to Internet Movie Database (http://imdb.com/name/nm0001968/)) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Marie Spatafore, wife of Vito Spatafore, on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos.
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss Anne Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, GBE, PC (born 10 August 1933) is a retired British judge, now Deputy Coroner of the Queen's Household and hearing the long-delayed inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was a social activist and a leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women's rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage movements in the United States.
Elizabeth Cairncross Elizabeth Cairncross, born St. Annes's Bay, Jamaica in 1957, has dedicated much of her life to education and her writing on the subject is commonplace in learning institutions and has been referred to by some of the great educators of the last century.
Elizabeth Calabrese Elizabeth Calabrese is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2004. On January 2, 2007, Calabrese was chosen to serve as Freeholder Vice-Chairman.
Elizabeth Campbell Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell (December 2, 1902 - January 9, 2004) is one of the first and most prominent public television pioneers in the United States. Campbell also served as a teacher, college administrator, as a notable school board member for Arlington Public Schools, and as the founder of WETA-TV, the first public television station in Washington, D.
Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower CI VA (30 May 1824 – 25 May 1878) was the eldest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland by his wife Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard. She was married on the 31 July 1844 to George Douglas Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, the eldest son of the 7th Duke of Argyll.
Elizabeth Carling Elizabeth Carling (born 20 October 1967 in Middlesbrough) is an English actress best known for her performances in Goodnight Sweetheart, Casualty and Barbara. Elizabeth is also a trained singer, her roles in Goodnight Sweetheart and Border Cafe being developed to show her talent in many musical genres.
Elizabeth Castle Elizabeth Castle is a castle in Saint Helier, Jersey. Construction was started in the 16th century when the power of cannons meant that the existing stronghold at Mont Orgueil was insufficient to defend the Island and the port of St.
Elizabeth Catlett Elizabeth Catlett Mora (born April 15,1915) is an African American sculptress and printmaker. Catlett is best known for the black, expressionistic sculptures and prints she produced during the 1960s and 1970s, which are seen as politically charged.
Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros Elizabeth Manners, 16th Baroness de Ros (January 1574/75 - May 1, 1591) was the daughter and heir of Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland. On her father's death the Earldom of Rutland devolved upon his brother, and the Barony of Ros passed to his daughter, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth City (Virginia Company) Elizabeth City (or citiie as it was then called) was one of four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619 by the proprietor, the Virginia Company. The plantations and developments were divided into four "incorporations" or "cities", as they were called.
Elizabeth City County, Virginia Elizabeth City County was a county in eastern Virginia which is now extinct. Originally created in 1634 as Elizabeth River Shire, it was one of eight shires created in the Virginia Colony by order of the King of England.
Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in the United States. A historically black university, ECSU currently enrolls nearly 2,500 students in 37 baccalaureate programs and three masters degree programs.
Elizabeth Clare Prophet Elizabeth Clare Prophet (born April 8, 1939) is an American who became the leader of the New Age new religious movement The Summit Lighthouse, an organization encompassing the branches of Church Universal and Triumphant, Summit University, Summit University Press, and Montessori International, after her husband, Mark L. Prophet, died on February 26, 1973.
Elizabeth Coatsworth Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (May 31, 1893 – August 31, 1986) was an American author Born in Buffalo], [[New York, she graduated from Vassar College in 1915 and received a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1916. She traveled extensively.
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Elizabeth Collins Stoddard was a fictional character played by Joan Bennett on the cult television ABC-TV Gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows from 1966-1971. Elizabeth is the matriarch of the Collins family, the longtime owners of a cannery and shipping company in a small Maine fishing town.
Elizabeth Cotten Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1895 - June 29, 1987) was an American musician. Her style was traditional blues and folk, but was original since she was self-taught, and had no knowledge of traditional guitar tunings (eg.
Elizabeth Cowell Elizabeth Cowell was one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters, along with Jasmine Bligh and Leslie Mitchell. She began announcing when the Television Service started in 1936, and returned in 1946 after its nearly seven-year hiatus due to the Second World War.
Elizabeth Craven Elizabeth Craven [née Lady Elizabeth Berkeley], margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth (1750–1828), was a writer and a socialite, perhaps best know for her travel writing. Early in her career she wrote a number of light farces, pantomimes, and fables, many of which were performed in London to no great acclaim.
Elizabeth Cutter Morrow Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (born Elizabeth Reeve Cutter) was an American poet in the early 20th century, and became the first female head of the Smith College, acting as college president from 1939 to 1940 (though she never officially was granted the title). She was the wife of U.
Elizabeth de Clare Elizabeth de Clare (September 16, 1295 – 1360) was the heiress to the lordships of Clare, Suffolk in England and Usk in Wales. She was one of three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford and Joan of Acre, and sister of the infant fourth earl, also Gilbert de Clare.
Elizabeth de Vermandois (d. 1131) Elizabeth de Vermandois, or Elisabeth or Isabel de Vermandois (1085? – 13 February 1130/1 17 February 1131), is a fascinating figure about whose descendants and ancestry much is known and about whose character and life relatively little is known.
Elizabeth Dawn Elizabeth Dawn MBE (aka Liz Dawn, born Sylvia Butterfield on November 8, 1939 in North Ormesby, Middlesbrough) is an English actress, best known for her role as Vera Duckworth in the long running British soap opera, Coronation Street. First starting on the serial in 1974, she had more of a recurring role as a factory worker until her husband, Jack, (played by William Tarmey) first appeared in 1979 and later for a more concrete role in 1981.
Elizabeth Dilling Elizabeth Dilling Stokes (April 19, 1894 - May 26, 1966), was a well-known American anti-communist and anti-war activist and writer in the 1930s and '40s, which led to charges of antisemitism and sedition in the Great Sedition Trial of 1944, [http://www.barnesreview.
Elizabeth Dole Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole, (born July 29, 1936) was elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009. She is a Republican and is also the outgoing chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Elizabeth Donald Elizabeth Donald (born 1975) is an award-winning American author, best known for writing vampire mystery fiction. Her first novel, Nocturnal Urges was nominated for multiple awards, and won the 2004 Darrell Award, presented at MidSouthCon.
Elizabeth Draper Elizabeth Draper, also known as Eliza (April 5, 1744 – August 3, 1778) is most notable for her association with Laurence Sterne, whom she met while visiting England in 1766-1767. Sterne's Journal to Eliza was written for her.
Elizabeth Drew Elizabeth Drew (born November 16, 1935, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American political journalist and author. A graduate of Wellesley College, she was Washington correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly (1967-73) and The New Yorker (1973-92).
Elizabeth Durack Elizabeth Durack, CMG, OBE (1915–2000) was an Australian artist and writer whose body of work was primarily related to her life in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia where she spent much of her childhood years and her relationships with the indigenous Australian Miriuwong people of the area.
Elizabeth Eastlake Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake, born Elizabeth Rigby, (17 November 1809 - 2 October 1893) was a British author, art critic and art historian who was the first woman to write regularly for the Quarterly Review. She is known not only for her writing, but also for her significant role in the London art world while her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake, was director of the National Gallery there.
Elizabeth Eckford Elizabeth Eckford (born 1942) is one of the African American students known as the Little Rock Nine. On September 4, 1957, she and eight other African American students attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School, which had previously only accepted white children.
Elizabeth Egerton Elizabeth Egerton [née Cavendish], countess of Bridgewater (1626–1663), writer, was encouraged in her literary interests from a young age by her father, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, himself an author and patron of the arts surrounded by a literary coterie which included Ben Jonson, Thomas Shadwell, and John Dryden. Her works consist of a series of manuscripts, some few of which have recently become available in modern editions.
Elizabeth Elstob Elizabeth Elstob (1683 - 1756), the 'Saxon Nymph,' was born and brought up in the Quayside area of Newcastle upon Tyne, and, like Mary Astell of Newcastle, is nowadays regarded as one of the first English feminists. She was proficient in eight languages and became a pioneer in Anglo-Saxon studies, an unprecedented achievement for a woman in the period.
Elizabeth Emanuel Elizabeth Emanuel (born Elizabeth Florence Weiner, July 5 1953) is a fashion designer who, along with husband David Emanuel, is best known for her work with Diana, Princess of Wales and Charles, Prince of Wales. She recently designed costumes for the Renaissance tour of the Opera Babes.
Elizabeth Eyre Elizabeth Eyre is a pen name used by Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey. Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey have written many books together, but the Elizabeth Eyre pen name seems only to have been used for the Sigismondo series of novels.
Elizabeth Fedde Elizabeth Fedde was born on December 25, 1850 near Flekkefjord, Norway. She was trained as a deaconess at the Lovisenberg Deaconess House under the supervision of Mother Katinka Guldberg who had herself been trained at the Fliedner Motherhouse in Kaiserswerth, Germany.
Elizabeth Fishel Elizabeth Fishel is a journalist and author. In 2000, Fishel published her fourth book profiling 10 of her classmates from the class of 1968 at Brearley School titled Reunion: The Girls We Used to Be, the Women We Became.
Elizabeth Fleming Stier Award The Elizabeth Fleming Stier Award has been issued every year since 1997. It is awarded to a member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) who has pursued humanitarian ideals and unselfish dedication to the well-being of the food industry, academia, students, or the general public.
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (May 28, 1941- January 2, 2007) was a feminist American historian particularly known for her writing about women in the Antebellum South. She was also a primary voice of the conservative women's movement.
Elizabeth Fraser Elizabeth Davidson Fraser (born August 29, 1963 in Grangemouth, Falkirk) is a Scottish singer, best known for her vocal work as the Cocteau Twins' lead singer. Her vocal stylings and abstract, indecipherable lyrics have generated much debate over the years, but she has often been circumspect on the matter when asked about it.
Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; May 21, 1780 – October 12, 1845) was an English prison reformer, social reformer and philanthropist. She was the driving force in legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane.
Elizabeth Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher was an American painter, illustrator, and author of children's books, including Spaghetti Betty and Skinny Minny, based on her comic of the same name that ran in the Philadelphia Bulletin during the 1960s.
Elizabeth George Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is the American author of a number of thrillers set in England. Eleven of her novels featuring Inspector Lynley have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
Elizabeth George Speare Elizabeth George Speare (November 21, 1908 – November 15, 1994) was an American children's author who won many awards for her historical fiction novels, including two Newbery Medals. She has been called one of America’s 100 most popular children’s authors and much of her work has become mandatory reading in many schools throughout the nation.
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, née Elizabeth Gertrude Knight (January 9, 1858 - February 25, 1934), was an American botanist and bryologist born in New York City. She spent her childhood in Cuba and New York City, and graduated from Hunter College in 1875.
Elizabeth Glaser Elizabeth Glaser, born Elizabeth Meyer, (November 11 1947 – December 3, 1994), was a major American AIDS activist and child advocate married to actor and director Paul Michael Glaser. She contracted HIV very early in the modern AIDS epidemic after receiving an HIV-contaminated blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth.
Elizabeth Gracen Elizabeth Ward Gracen is an American actress known almost as much for her off-screen activities as for her movie and television roles. She was born "Elizabeth Ward" but should not be confused with another Elizabeth Ward who worked as a television actress during the first half of the 1980s.
Elizabeth Gray Vining Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining (October 6, 1902 - November 27, 1999), born Elizabeth Janet Gray and also known as Elizabeth Gray Vining, was a professional librarian who tutored Emperor Akihito of Japan in English while he was the Crown Prince. (She also tutored other members of the Imperial Household: Prince Hitachi and Princesses Kazuko, Atsuko, and Takako.
Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman Elizabeth Green, also known as Betty Green, was a sideshow performer who was presented to audiences as a human stork during the early 1900's. According to Tod Browning she was a Jewish woman who owned six blocks of flats.
Elizabeth Griffith Elizabeth Griffith, née Griffith (born 1727?, died 1793), was an eighteenth-century Irish dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, best known for her edition of Shakespeare's comedies published in 1775.
Elizabeth Haldane Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (May 27 1862 - December 24 1937) was the first female Justice of the Peace in Scotland.was also a social-welfare worker, an author and the sister of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane] and [[John Scott Haldane.
Elizabeth Hardwick Elizabeth Hardwick (born July 27, 1916) is an American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer. She is one of the founders of The New York Review of Books and the author of The Ghostly Lover (1945), The Simple Truth (1955), Seduction and Betrayal (1974), and Sleepless Nights (1979).
Elizabeth Hartman Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American actress best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, a role for which she won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed (1861 - July 27, 1934) was a British pioneer of mountaineering in a time when it was almost unheard of for a woman to climb mountains. She was also an author and a photographer of mountain scenery.
Elizabeth Hawley Elizabeth Hawley is a former journalist, traveled to Nepal 40 years ago and never left. While she has never climbed a mountain in her life, Hawley is the best known chronicler of Himalayan expeditions for over four decades.
Elizabeth Haydon Elizabeth Haydon is the pseudonym of a fantasy author, whose 1999 debut, Rhapsody: Child of Blood, garnered comparisons with Goodkind, Jordan, and even Tolkien. She has written two fantasy series, The fantasy/romance/whodunit fusion called The Symphony of Ages and the young adult series The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme.
Elizabeth Hazel Elizabeth Hazel (born January 15, 1974 in Thornton Heath, London) is a former international backstroke swimmer, who was born in the United Kingdom but competed for Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in 25th position in the 200m Backstroke.
Elizabeth Hervey Elizabeth Hervey, later Lady Elizabeth Foster (1759 - March 30, 1824), is best known as the close friend of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who supplanted the duchess in her husband's affections and later married him.
Elizabeth Hess Elizabeth Hess (born 17 July 1953 in Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress best known for playing mother Janet Darling on the long-running American sitcom Clarissa Explains It All. She has also appeared on an episode of Law & Order.
Elizabeth High School (New Jersey) Elizabeth High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as part of the Elizabeth Public Schools. With approximately 5,290 students, it is the largest high school in New Jersey, and one of the largest single district high schools in the country.
Elizabeth Hilden Elizabeth Hilden (born Elizabeth Ann Hilden on November 4 , 1973) is an American adult model. She made her magazine debut as a Penthouse centerfold in June 1995 and went on to be voted Penthouse Pet of the Year 1997.
Elizabeth How-Martyn Edith How-Martyn also known as Elizabeth How-Martyn (1875-1954) was a British suffragette and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She was arrested in 1906 for attempting to make a speech in the House of Commons.
Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (19 November 1597 – 26 April 1660) was the German wife of George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, and the mother of Frederick William, the "Great Elector".
Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (Heidelberg, May 27, 1652 – October 9 or December 8, 1722 at the Château of Saint-Cloud near Paris), known in French as la princesse Palatine and in German as Liselotte von der Pfalz, was a princess of the electoral family of the Palatinate who became Duchess of Orléans by her marriage to Philip I, Duke of Orléans, younger brother of Louis XIV of France, and then in 1693 by inheritance Duchess of Montpensier in her own right. The Princess Palatine, one of the most colorful characters at the court of Louis XIV, left an abundant correspondence which offers an invaluable glance into the daily life of the court.
Elizabeth Chase Elizabeth Chase (born April 26, 1950) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team.
Elizabeth Choy Elizabeth Choy Su-Mei OBE (Chinese: 蔡杨素梅, born Yong Su Mei, 29 November 1910 — 14 September 2006) was a Hakka Chinese born in Kudat, Sabah in North Borneo. During World War II during the Japanese occupation of Singapore she was imprisoned for 200 days.
Elizabeth I (TV series) Elizabeth I is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe-winning television miniseries about Queen Elizabeth I of England, consisting of two 2-hour episodes produced by Channel 4 in 2005. It stars Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I (7 September, 1533 – 24 March, 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. She is sometimes referred to as The Virgin Queen (as she never married), Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, and was immortalized by Edmund Spenser as the Faerie Queene.
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. However, she is more directly involved with the United Kingdom, where the Royal Family resides, and the Monarchy is historically indigenous.
Elizabeth III of Manticore Queen Elizabeth III is a fictional character, the reigning monarch of the Star Kingdom of Manticore in the Honor Harrington series of space opera books by David Weber. A member of the House of Winton (the first and only royal house of Manticore), she ascended to the throne in 3986 AD (1883 PD), seventeen years prior to On Basilisk Station.
Elizabeth Islands The Elizabeth Islands are a chain of small islands extending southwest from the southern coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the United States. They are located at the outer edge of Buzzards Bay, north of Martha's Vineyard from which they are separated by Vineyard Sound, and constitute the town of Gosnold, Massachusetts in Dukes County.
Elizabeth Israel Mione Elizabeth George Israel, known as Elizabeth Israel (1875?-2003) or Ma Pampo later in life, died October 14, 2003, having in her last years been the focus of one of the most widely publicized longevity myths of recent years.
Elizabeth Jackson (Australian journalist) Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist and presenter of the Saturday AM programme on ABC Local Radio. She has previously worked on Sydney radio station 2GB, and for ABC Television's 7:30 Report and Lateline programmes.
Elizabeth Jane Gardner Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837-1922) was an American figure painter, born in Exeter, New Hampshire. She studied in Paris under Merle, Lefebvre, and finally under William-Adolphe Bouguereau, whom she married in 1896, and whose manner she adopted so successfully that some of her work might be mistaken for his.
Elizabeth Jeffreys Elizabeth Jeffreys is the former Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Literature at the University of Oxford. She was a Professorial Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford from 1996 to 2006, and a Professor Emerita from 2006 to present.
Elizabeth Joan Smith Elizabeth Joan Smith (born January 5, 1928 in Calgary, Alberta) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1985 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
Elizabeth Jolley Elizabeth Jolley AO (born 1923) is a popular Australian author notable in Australian literature for her series of critically acclaimed novels based upon the alienated characters and the nature of loneliness and entrapment.
Elizabeth Jones Elizabeth Jones was the eleventh and last Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, holding this position from 1981 until her resignation in 1990. After her resignation, the post of Chief Engraver was left vacant, and was subsequently abolished.
Elizabeth Jordan Carr Elizabeth Jordan Carr (born 28 December 1981) was the United States' first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world. The technique was conducted at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk under the direction of Doctors Howard Jones and Georgeanna Seegar-Jones, who were the first to try it in the United States.
Elizabeth Kenny Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 september 1880 - 20 November 1952) was an Australian bush nurse renowned for her innovative treatment of Poliomyelitis (polio). She developed her clinical procedures for that disease between 1928 and 1940, well before the vaccine Jonas Salk developed was tested and used to prevent polio.
Elizabeth Kerner Elizabeth Kerner (1958—) is a fantasy writer. She is the author of Song in the Silence, The Lesser Kindred, and Redeeming the Lost, the initial trilogy of a series based upon humans re-establishing contact with dragons, who fled mortal lands thousands of years ago for reasons unknown.
Elizabeth Klarer Elizabeth Klarer (1910 - 1994) was a South African disciple of California contactee George Adamski, and appears, based on frequency of reference, to be the best-remembered South African contactee and UFO photographer today.
Elizabeth Knepp Elizabeth Knepp or Knipp (died 1681) was a British actress, singer, and dancer. The earliest theatrical reference to Knepp is from 1664, as being intended by Thomas Killigrew to play the part of Lusetta in his play Thomaso.
Elizabeth Larner Elizabeth Larner was a British actress and a singer with a powerful soprano voice. While her main career was the musical theatre, appearing in both London’s West End and on Broadway, she was a seemingly unlikely, but inspired, choice to play Ammonia in the BBC situation comedy Up Pompeii - a role she made her own.

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