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Kathleen (given Name)
Kathleen is a female given name, used in English- and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled '' Cathleen'', it is an Anglicized form of ''Caitlín'', the Irish form of ''Cateline'', which was the Old French form of ''Catherine''. It ultimately derives from the Greek language">Greek name ''Aikaterine'', the meaning of which is highly debated (see Katherine). Kathleen was the 8th most popular girls' name in Ireland in 1911, but by 1965 it had sunk to number 18. Literature * Kathleen Raine, British poet * K.A. Tucker, Kathleen (K.A.) Tucker, Canadian author * Kathleen Winsor, American author * '' The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics'' (1892), the second poetry collection of William Butler Yeats * Kathleen Vereecken, Belgian writer * Kathleen O'Meara, Irish-French Catholic writer * Kathleen (K. M.) Peyton, British author Military * Kathleen Best, director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps * Kathleen Soliah, member of the Symbionese Liberation A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathleen
Cathleen is a feminine given name in the English language. It is a variant form of '' Kathleen''. Notable people with the name include: * Cathleen Chaffee, American curator, art historian, writer * Cathleen Falsani, American journalist and writer * Cathleen Galgiani, American politician * Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress * Cathleen Rund, German Olympic swimmer * Cathleen Schine, American author * Cathleen Synge Morawetz Cathleen Synge Morawetz (May 5, 1923 – August 8, 2017) was a Canadian mathematician who spent much of her career in the United States. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equations governing fluid flow, parti ..., Canadian mathematician * Lady Cathleen Hudson, younger daughter of John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans References {{given name English feminine given names Feminine given names Irish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat DeLuna
Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna (born November 26, 1987) is an American singer. DeLuna began pursuing a career as a singer when she was a teenager and later signed with Epic Records. Her debut single, " Whine Up", released in 2007, went on to become a commercial success, entering the Top 40 in numerous countries and topping the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. Her debut studio album, '' 9 Lives'' (2007), failed to see the success of its lead single. The album's third single, " Run the Show", became a hit in various territories, and reached number two on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Following the commercial performance of her first album, DeLuna was dropped from Epic Records. DeLuna continued to record both collaborations and soundtrack singles. DeLuna later began working on her second studio album, '' Inside Out'' (2010), which received a limited release through Universal Music Belgium. The album spawned a number of singles, notably " Party O'Clock", " Unstoppable", " Push ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Brown
Kathleen Lynn Brown (born September 25, 1945) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 29th treasurer of California from 1991 to 1995. Brown unsuccessfully ran for governor of California in the 1994 election. Early life and education Brown was born in San Francisco, the youngest of four children of former California Governor Pat Brown (1959–1967). She is the youngest sister of twice-California Governor Jerry Brown (1975–1983, 2011–2019). Brown is a graduate of Stanford University and Fordham University School of Law. Political career Brown was elected to the Los Angeles City Board of Education in 1975, then re-elected in 1979. She was a member of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works from 1987 to 1989. California State Treasurer Brown successfully ran for treasurer of California in 1990. After defeating Compton city treasurer Wesley Sanders in the Democratic primary, Brown faced Republican incumbent Thomas W. Hayes in the general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Marie Blanco (née Babineaux; December 15, 1942 – August 18, 2019) was an American politician who served as the 54th governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first and, to date, only woman elected as the state's governor. When first elected, Blanco outlined her top priorities as providing affordable healthcare, improving the education system in the state, and helping to create a strong and vibrant economy through aggressive economic development initiatives. Her work as governor changed dramatically when, in 2005, coastal Louisiana was severely damaged by two hurricanes that struck less than a month apart. In August, Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans region, an urban area of 1.4 million people. Then, in September, Hurricane Rita struck the southwestern coast, displacing another 300,000 people. More than 200,000 housing units were destroyed, 81,000 businesses closed, entire electrical and telecommunication s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleur Anderson
Kathleen Fleur Anderson (born 6 February 1971) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2024. Early life and education Anderson was born on the Channel island of Jersey. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Politics from the University of York in 1993. She was a member of Goodricke College. She was elected as president of the Students Union, holding that post in 1993/94. In 2007, she attended the Open University for a Master of Science degree in Global Development Management, awarded in 2010. Career International development and advocacy Anderson began her career in development and environmental and poverty campaigns, both in London and abroad. She worked for Christian Aid from 1994 to 1997, taking on roles as a campaign assistant in London, working in Serbia during the war and as Head of Country Office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Hamilton, Duchess Of Abercorn
Katherine Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, (born Hon. Mary Katherine Crichton; 8 July 1905 – 2 February 1990) was a British aristocrat and courtier who served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1964 until her death in 1990. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1969. royalfanzine.blogspot.co.uk; Retrieved 24 February 2016. The Duchess was the elder of the two surviving children born to Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton, son of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne, and Lady Mary Cavendish Grosvenor, daughter of |
Kathleen Manners, Duchess Of Rutland
Kathleen Manners, Duchess of Rutland (' Tennant; 30 January 18944 December 1989) was an English aristocrat and the wife of John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland. Early life Kathleen Tennant, who was informally known by the nickname Kakoo, was born on 30 January 1894 in London into the Tennant family, an influential Scottish industrial family that had been ennobled. Her mother was Annie Geraldine Redmayne and her father was Francis John Tennant of Innes, Morayshire, and Lympne Castle, Kent. Her paternal grandfather was the industrialist Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet. Her father, who was a member of The Souls, was the younger brother of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner and Margot Asquith, the wife of British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Royal friendship As a close friend to the Duke and Duchess of York, Manners disliked Wallis Simpson and disapproved of Edward VIII's abdication. At the 1937 Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was one of four duchesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson Of Calow
Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, (born 24 February 1938) is a British Methodist minister. Created a life peer in 1998, she served as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until 2018. Early life and education Richardson was born on 24 February 1938 to Francis and Margaret Fountain. She was educated at St Helena School, an all-girls secondary school in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. She then attended Stockwell College of Education, where she completed a Certificate in Education. She trained for ordained ministry at the Deaconess College in Ilkley and at Wesley House in Cambridge. Ministry and activism Richardson was made a deaconess in 1961 and ordained as a presbyter in 1980.'RICHARDSON OF CALOW', ''Who's Who 2017'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 201accessed 18 Sept 2017/ref> Richardson was the first woman to become a chair of district within the British Method ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon
Kathleen Rochard Simon, Viscountess Simon, Order of the British Empire, DBE (formerly Manning, Harvey; 23 September 1869 – 27 March 1955) was an Anglo-Irish Abolitionism, anti-slavery activist. She was inspired to research slavery after living in Tennessee with her first husband, and she joined the abolitionist movement when she returned to London after his death. With her second husband, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, Sir John Simon, she campaigned against all forms of servitude. Travelling and speaking throughout her life, she was renowned for her commitment to ending slavery and racial discrimination, and was appointed List of Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Early life Kathleen Rochard Harvey was born in Rathmines, Southside, Dublin, South Dublin into a landed Irish family, the Harveys of Kyle (near Enniscorthy, County Wexford). She was the elder daughter of Frances ( Pollock) and Francis Harvey, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness Of Hartington
Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (; February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), also known as "Kick" Kennedy, was an American socialite. She was the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald, a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, and the wife of the Marquess of Hartington, heir apparent to the 10th Duke of Devonshire. When her father was serving as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Kathleen made many friends in London and was the "debutante of 1938". Working with the Red Cross, she began a romantic relationship with Lord Hartington, whom she married in May 1944. He was killed on active service in Belgium only four months later. Kathleen died in a plane crash in 1948, flying to the south of France while on vacation with her new partner, the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. Early life and education Kennedy was born on February 20, 1920, at home in Brookline, Massachusetts, the fourth child and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Pelham-Clinton, Duchess Of Newcastle
Kathleen Florence May Pelham-Clinton, Duchess of Newcastle-under-Lyne OBE (née Candy; 6 May 1871–1 June 1955), was a well-known conformation show judge and dog breeder who influenced the Borzoi and Wire Fox Terrier breeds. Early life Born in 1871, the future Duchess was the daughter of Major Henry Augustus Candy by his marriage to Hon. Frances Kathleen Westenra, the daughter of Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore. Marriage She married Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle, in 1889, with whom she shared several common interests. Both were interested in animals, with horses and dogs being their favourites. Prior to the marriage, Kathleen was already a judge and dog show exhibitor, primarily of Fox Terriers. The Duke knew of the Duchess's knowledge of dogs, and when a dealer attempted to sell him a spaniel he once said "It would not suit me to do that. Her Grace knows the market value just a bit too well to suit my fancy." The couple had no children. Dogs and ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill and fronted the electropunk band Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as the Julie Ruin. In 2009, Hanna made her zines, art pieces, photography, video, music, journals, and other material which focus on the early formation of the Riot Grrrl movement available at the Fales Library at New York University. A documentary film about Hanna was released in 2013 by director Sini Anderson, titled '' The Punk Singer'', detailing Hanna's life and career, as well as revealing her years-long battle with Lyme disease. Hanna is married to Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys. Life and career 1968–1988: Early life and feminism Hanna was born November 12, 1968, in Portland, Oregon. At age three, her family moved to Calverton, Maryland; as Hanna's father ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
