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Elma Electronic, Elma
Elma or ELMA may refer to: Places United States * Elma, Iowa, a city in the US * Elma, New York, a town in the US ** Elma Center, New York * Elma, Washington, a city in the US * Elma Township, Richland County, North Dakota, in Richland County, North Dakota, US * Elma, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the US * Elma (hamlet), New York, a hamlet in the US Elsewhere * Elma, Manitoba, a community in Canada ** Elma railway station * Elma (river), a river of Poland People Given name *Elma (given name) * Elma G. Albert, Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * Elma Bellini (1954–2018), New York Supreme Court Justice * Elma Campbell (1901–1983), Scottish nationalist activist * Elma Danielsson (1865–1936), Swedish politician * Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield (1907–2006), British journalist and Liberal Party politician * Elma Davis (born 1968), South African international lawn bowler * Elma de Vries (born 1983), Dutch speed skater * Elma Dienda (born 1964), Namibian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma, Iowa
Elma is a city in Howard County, Iowa, United States. The population was 505 at the time of the 2020 census. History Elma had its start in the late 1880s by the building of the railroad through that territory. The Elma post office opened in 1886. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2020, there were 505 people, 238 households, and 137 families residing in the city. The population density was 411.6 inhabitants per square mile (158.9/km2). There were 267 housing units at an average density of 217.6 per square mile (84.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.0% White, 0.0% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 0.0% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.8% from other races and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 2.2% of the population. Of the 238 households, 23.9% of which had children under the age of 18 living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Davis
Elma Davis (1 April 1968 – 14 April 2019) was a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career In 2016, Davis won a bronze medal with Susan Nel and Sylvia Burns in the triples at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. Davis was part of the South African team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she claimed a silver medal in the Fours with Esme Kruger, Johanna Snyman and Nicolene Neal. Davis was a five times winner of the National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ... (three in fours and two in pairs) bowling for the George Bowls Club. Death On 14 April 2019, Davis died during an apparent murder suicide perpetrated by her husband. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Elma 1968 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Muros
Elma Muros-Posadas (born January 14, 1967, in Magdiwang, Romblon) also known as the "Long Jump Queen" of the Philippines and a heptathlon champion, is a former member of the Philippine Track and Field National Team and now a legend in Philippine track and field history who specialized in long jump. She also competed in the heptathlon, 100m and 400m hurdles, 100m, 200m, and 400m sprint alongside the "Sprint Queen" of the Philippines and also fellow legend, Lydia de Vega. Elma is one of the foremost track and field athletes produced by the Philippines under the Marcos regime's National Sports Program, Gintong Alay, that was launched in 1979, but was eventually disbanded in 1986 after the ousting of Ferdinand Marcos and replaced by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) in 1990. Early life and education Elma Muros was born on January 14, 1967, in the town of Magdiwang, Romblon in Sibuyan Island. She is the 6th eldest child in a brood of nine. Her mother is a former athlete who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Mitchell
Elma Mitchell (November 19, 1919 – November 23, 2000) was a Scottish-born poet and translator based in Somerset, who published several well-received books of poetry in the 1970s and 1980s. Early life and education Mitchell was born in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. She attended Prior's Field School in Surrey, and won a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a first in English in 1941."Prior's Field, 1941" ''Prior's Field Magazine'' (1941): 1, 8. She went on to achieve a diploma in librarianship at the School of Librarianship, |
Elma Miller
Elma Miller (born August 6, 1954) is a Canadian musician, composer, writer and educator. Biography Education Miller was born in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario. In 1977, she received a BMus and MMus from the University of Toronto. During that time, she studied composition under Walter Buczynski, John Beckwith, Lothar Klein, John Weinzweig and Bogusław Schaeffer. Miller studied piano with Elaine Keillor from 1975 to 1978, and electronic/computer music with Gustav Ciamaga, Bill Buxton, John Chowning and Leland Smith. She also studied aesthetics with Geoffrey Payzant and media with Marshall McLuhan. Compositions In 1979, Miller moved to Hamilton. There, she composes chamber music, music for full orchestra, electronic music and vocal music. From 1976 to 1978, she taught clarinet, theory, counterpoint, orchestration, and 20th century analysis at Toronto University, as well as working as a lecturer and library technician at the university. She was artistic director for the contempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Maua
Elma Ngatokoa Maua (12 November 1948 – 28 April 2010) was a Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor. Maua was one of New Zealand's first Pasifika journalists. Maua was born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in 1948, the youngest of six children. She moved with her family to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1952. She worked as a journalist for Radio New Zealand and Niu FM. In 1999, Maua briefly returned to the Cook Islands, where she worked in the Prime Minister's office. In 2010, her deteriorating health forced Maua to retire as the sports editor of Radio New Zealand International. She died on 28 April 2010, in Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ..., New Zealand, aged 61. References External links * 1948 births 2010 deaths New Zealand journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Lewis
Elma Ina Lewis (September 15, 1921 – January 1, 2004) was an American arts educator and the founder of The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and the National Center of Afro-American Artists. In 1981 she was one of the first recipients of the newly organized MacArthur Fellows Grant, in 1981, and in 1983 was awarded a Presidential Medal for the Arts by President Ronald Reagan. She is also an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.Historical Note " ''Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids: Elma Ina Lewis Papers.'' Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections. Web. Accessed 21 May 2014. Early life and education Lewis was born September 15, 1921, in Boston to parents Clairmont and Edwardine Lewis; they had immigrated to the United States from |
Elma Karlowa
Elma Karlowa (12 March 1932 – 31 December 1994) was a Yugoslav film and television actress.Fritsche p.255 Selected filmography * ''Once I Will Return'' (1953) * ''A Child of the Community'' (1953) * '' Guitars of Love'' (1954) * ''Cabaret'' (1954) * '' Love's Carnival'' (1955) * '' Royal Hunt in Ischl'' (1955) * '' The Beggar Student'' (1956) * ''The Girl Without Pyjamas'' (1957) * '' Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee'' (1957) * '' Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1957) * '' The Csardas King'' (1958) * '' Do Not Send Your Wife to Italy'' (1960) * '' The Post Has Gone'' (1962) * ''Holiday in St. Tropez'' (1964) * ''Crime and Passion In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane ...'' (1976) * '' The Unicorn'' (1978) * '' Doctor Faustus'' (1982) References Bibliography * Fritsche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Van Haren
Elma van Haren (born 29 August 1954) is a Dutch poet. Career In 1988, she made her debut as poet with ''Reis naar het welkom geheten''. She won the very first C. Buddingh'-prijs for this collection of poems. She went on to publish various poem collections including ''De wankel'' (1989), ''Het schuinvallend oog'' (1991) and ''Grondstewardess'' (1996). In 1997, she received the Jan Campert Prize for ''Grondstewardess''. Her poem ''Het schitterende'' from her work ''Eskimoteren'' was selected as one of the three best poems of the year 2000. She made her debut in children's poetry with ''De wiedeweerga'' (1998). In 2012, she made her debut in prose Prose is language that follows the natural flow or rhythm of speech, ordinary grammatical structures, or, in writing, typical conventions and formatting. Thus, prose ranges from informal speaking to formal academic writing. Prose differs most n ... with the collections of stories ''Walsen''. Van Haren's first novel ''Mevrouw OVO' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Gove
Elma Mary Gove (1832–1921) was an American painter. Biography Born in Weare, New Hampshire, Gove was the daughter of Hiram and Mary Sargent Gove; her father was a hatmaker who later became a self-trained physician, and her mother was an early advocate for women's rights. By 1848 the couple was estranged. They divorced in that year – one precipitating event was Hiram's kidnapping of Elma, which her mother soon put right. Mary soon remarried, and Elma travelled to New York City to study as an artist; in 1848 she enrolled in the antique class of the National Academy of Design for the year. She identified herself upon registration as a "painter", suggesting that she already had some experience in the role. With the annual show of 1849, at which she exhibited three crayon portraits, she began to participate in the Academy's exhibitions. Over the following fifteen years she continued to work in crayon, but she branched out into oils as well; at the 1851 annual exhibition sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma González
Elma L. González (born June 6, 1942) is a Mexican-born American plant cell biologist. She is Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1974, she was appointed professor of cell and molecular biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. At the time, she was the only Mexican American woman scientist in the University of California system faculty. Professor Martha Zúñiga at the University of California, Santa Cruz, appointed in 1990, was the second. In 2004, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science recognized González with a Distinguished Scientist Award. Early life and education González was born in Ciudad Guerrero, in Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is the daughter of Efigenia and Nestor González, both migrant farm workers. At the age of six, her parents brought her to the U.S. Her interest in biology began by observing the animals and wildlife on the ranch her fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elma Francois
Elma Francois (14 October 1897 – 17 April 1944) was an Africentric Socialist political activist who, on 14 October 1987, was declared as a " national heroine of Trinidad and Tobago".Gilkes, Corey"Elma Francois 1897–1944" TriniView.com, 3 November 2002. She had been described as one of the "vociferous Africentric activists" in the history of Trinidad and Tobago and in the Caribbean region. She was known for her pro-trade union, anti-war and anti-colonial work. Biography Early life Born 14 October 1897, Elma Francois acquired her primary education (up to "5th Standard") while working as a cotton picker with her mother, for which the typical pay was just 12–14 cents per day. Even at a young age Francois was an activist for the betterment of her people. She tried to organise the fellow labourers at the Mt. Bentick factory for better working conditions and was fired for doing so. Personal life She bore a son, named Conrad, in 1917, whom she had to leave in the care of her o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
