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Demorest Medal Contest
Demorest may refer to: Places ;United States * Demorest, Georgia — city in Habersham County People * Ellen Louise Demorest (née Curtis) (1825-1898) — US fashion arbiter and milliner, wife of William Jennings Demorest * Stephen Demorest — soap opera writer * William Jennings Demorest 200px William Jennings Demorest (1822–1895) was an American magazine publisher, prohibition leader, and businessman from New York City. In collaboration with his second wife, Ellen Demorest, née Curtis, he attained international success from ... (1822-1895) — political leader (Prohibition Party) and magazine publisher from New York City See also * Demarest (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demorest, Georgia
Demorest ( ) is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, Habersham County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 2,022 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 1,823 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, and 1,465 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Piedmont University. Geography Demorest is located in south-central Habersham County. Special routes of U.S. Route 441#Baldwin–Hollywood business route, U.S. Route 441 Business (signed "U.S. 441 Historic Route") runs through the center of town as Central Avenue, leading north to Clarkesville, Georgia, Clarkesville, the county seat, and south 4 miles to Cornelia, Georgia, Cornelia. According to the United States Census Bureau, Demorest has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.28%, are water. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,022 people, 664 households, and 395 families residing in the city. 2000 census As of the 2000 United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Louise Demorest
Ellen Louise Demorest (''née'' Curtis, November 15, 1824 – August 10, 1898) was an American businesswoman, fashion arbiter and Hatmaking, milliner, widely credited for inventing mass-produced tissue-paper pattern (sewing), dressmaking patterns. With her husband, William Jennings Demorest, she established a company to sell the patterns, which were adaptations of the latest French fashions, and a magazine to promote them in 1860. Her dressmaking patterns made French styles accessible to ordinary women, thus greatly influencing US fashion. Early life Demorest was born November 15, 1824, in Schuylerville, New York. She was the second of eight children born to Electra Abel Curtis and Henry D. Curtis. Her father was a farmer and the owner of a men's hat factory. At eighteen, Demorest set up a millinery shop in Saratoga Springs, New York, Saratoga Springs with the help of her father. After a year, she moved her business to Troy, New York, Troy before relocating again to Williamsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jennings Demorest
200px William Jennings Demorest (1822–1895) was an American magazine publisher, prohibition leader, and businessman from New York City. In collaboration with his second wife, Ellen Demorest, née Curtis, he attained international success from his wife's development of paper patterns printed in Demorest's Illustrated Monthly. Together, they built a fashion manufacturing and merchandising empire from it. He and his wife launched five magazines and started a cosmetics company. He individually patented a sewing machine and a velocipede. Demorest harbored lifelong political and religious aspirations. He is widely known for being a Prohibition activist and ran for Mayor of New York City on the Prohibition ticket. He also organized the Anti-Nuisance League.The National Statesman (Prohibition Party newsletter, discontinued 2003), p.4., December 2003. The Demorest Medal Contests were a system of public oratorical competitions, founded as a means of Prohibition propaganda by Demores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
