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Helen Brown (other)
Helen Brown may refer to: * Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown (1915–2011), Filipino-American teacher, librarian, and founder of the Pilipino American Reading Room and Library * Helen Brown (artist) (1917–1986), New Zealand artist *Helen Brown (author) (born 1954), New Zealand author *Helen Evans Brown (1904–1964), American food writer and cookbook author *Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012), American author, publisher, and businesswoman *Helen Hayes (née Brown, 1900–1993), American actress * Helen Jean Brown (1903–1982), American botanist and phycologist * Helen Gilman Brown (1867–1942), American philanthropist *Helen Lawrenson (1907–1982), American writer, born Helen Strough Brown * Helen McElhone, née Brown (1933–2013), Scottish politician *Helen Paxton Brown (1876–1956), Scottish artist * Helen Shaw (politician) (1879–1964), Scottish politician, born Helen Brown Shaw *Phyllis Fraser Phyllis Cerf Wagner (born Helen Brown Nichols; April 13, 1916 – November 24, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown
Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown (May 16, 1915January 25, 2011), often referred to as "Auntie Helen", was a Filipina-American educator and librarian. Brown established the first library in the United States to focus on the Philippines and the Filipino-American experience. She was an educator at the Los Angeles Unified School District for 34 years, where she worked to help Filipino-American children connect with their heritage and educate all students about Filipino culture. Early life and education Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown was born in Manila on May 16, 1915. She was the third of seven children born to Trinidad Agcaoili Summers, a Filipina woman, and George R. Summers, an Anglo American man. Her father had emigrated to the Philippines to teach English as part of efforts to establish Western-style schools following the acquisition of the Philippines by the United States through the 1898 Treaty of Paris. She graduated from Manila Central High School in 1934. Her family moved to Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Brown (artist)
Helen Campbell Brown (1917 – 1986) was a New Zealand artist. Works by Brown are included in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Career Brown worked primarily in oils and watercolor. Works by Brown include: ''Old sheds, Avondale''; ''The Doorway'' (1949); ''The Cove'' (1954); and ''Ebb Tide'' (1950). Brown exhibited with: * Auckland Society of Arts * Canterbury Society of Arts * Rutland Group * The Group The Group may refer to: Film and television * ''The Group'' (Australian TV series), 1971 situation comedy produced by Cash Harmon Television for ATN7 * ''The Group'' (Canadian TV series), 1968–70 music variety on CBC Television * ''The Group ... in 1949 Her work is featured in Christopher Johnstone's book ''Landscape Paintings of New Zealand'' (2013). References Further reading Artist files for Helen Brown are held at: Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna LibraryE. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiFine Arts Library, Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Brown (author)
Helen Brown (née Blackman; born 1954) is a New Zealand-born author, best known for her memoirs about cats and the meaning of life. A Multi-award winning journalist and columnist, she has written 15 books, including her memoir "Cleo", a New York Times and UK Sunday Times bestseller that has been published in more than 18 languages in 73 countries, and sold 2 million copies around the world. Personal life Brown was born in 1954 in New Plymouth. She studied journalism at Wellington Polytechnic. At age 18 she flew to England to marry her first husband, Steve, whom she had met three years prior. They returned to New Zealand and had two sons, Sam and Rob. Sam was hit by a car and killed on 21 January 1983, aged 9. Soon after, her family adopted a kitten, about which she wrote her best-selling book ''Cleo''. The book is about a small black cat who helped mend a family's broken hearts. Cleo lived to be 23 years old. Brown had one more child, Lydia, with her first husband before they div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Evans Brown
Helen Evans Brown (1904–1964) was an American chef and cookbook writer. She was a nationally known expert and wrote regular food columns, as well as collecting cookbooks from other authors. She was known as the authority on the west coast food scene of the 1950s and 1960s. She was one of the first chefs to advocate using fresh produce and promoting California cuisine. Early life Helen Oakley Evans was born as a twin on November 16, 1904, in Brooklyn, New York, to Lucy Margaretta (née Walker) and Alfred Kinn Evans. She had two younger brothers, John W. and Allen J. Evans, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at Connecticut College for Women and Hunter College, before continuing her education at the Yale School of Fine Arts, as an art major in 1924 and 1925. Around 1926, Evans married Stephen Comstock, with whom she had a son, William, and began running a catering business called "The Epicurean" with a friend. Comstock later opened the Brownstone House Restaurant, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Gurley Brown
Helen Gurley Brown ( Helen Marie Gurley; February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine for 32 years. Garner 2009. Early life Helen Marie Gurley was born February 18, 1922, in Green Forest, Arkansas, Scanlon 2009, p. 1. the younger daughter of Cleo Fred ( Sisco; 1893–1980) and Ira Marvin Gurley.Scanlon 2009, pg. 2.Scanlon 2009, pg. 3. At one time, her father was appointed Commissioner of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.Scanlon 2009, p. 6. After his election to the Arkansas state legislature, the family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. He died in an elevator accident on June 18, 1932.Scanlon 2009, pg. 7. In 1937, Gurley, her older sister Mary Eloine (later Mrs. Alford; 1917–1997), and their mother moved to Los Angeles, California.Scanlon 2009, p. 12. A few months after moving, Mary contracted polio. While in California, Helen attended John H. Francis Polytechnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes MacArthur (; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win EGOT, the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award), and the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986. In 1988, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. The annual Helen Hayes Awards, which have recognized excellence in professional theatre in greater Washington, D.C., since 1984, are her namesake. In 1955, the former Fulton Theatre on 46th Street in New York City's Theater District, Manhattan, Theatre District was renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre. When that venue was demolished in 1982, the nearby Hayes Theater, Little Theatre was renamed in her honor. Helen Hayes is regarded as one of the greatest leading ladies of the 20th-century theatre. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Jean Brown
Helen Jean (Brown) Bromley (9 August 1903, in Beaumont – 16 June 1982, in Stamford) was an American botanist and phycologist noted for her study of the algal family '' Vaucheriaceae''. She earned her PhD from Ohio State University, in 1929. She published using her maiden name, and served as both an instructor of botany and registrar at the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, .... She was married to entomologist Stanley Willard Bromley. Works * * References 1903 births 1982 deaths American women botanists 20th-century American botanists American phycologists Women phycologists 20th-century American women scientists People from Beaumont, Texas Scientists from Texas University of Connecticut faculty Ohio State Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
