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Leta (given Name)
Leta is a feminine first name. Some notable women with the name include: * Leta Andrews (born 1937), American basketball coach * Leta Powell Drake (1938–2021), American broadcaster * Leta Hong Fincher, American journalist * Leta Stetter Hollingsworth (1886–1939), American psychologist * Leta Lindley (born 1972), American golfer * Leta Peer (1964–2012), Swiss artist * Leta Myers Smart (1894–1981), Native American (Omaha) writer and activist See also * Lita (given name) Lita is a female given name of Latin origin, which means "gladly". The name can be a diminutive form of Amelita (other), Amelita, Elita (other), Elita, or Lolita (given name), Lolita. The name Lita may refer to: People *Lita (w ... * Leda {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leta Andrews
Leta Mae Rains Andrews (born July 7, 1937) is a retired American high school basketball coach who holds the record for the most wins by a high school basketball coach. Biography Andrews was born near Granbury and graduated from Granbury High School in 1955. She grew up with brothers Walter and George, and sister Shirley who also played and later coached girls basketball. Clyde Rains held Shirley back for one year in school so she and Leta could play basketball together for four years in high school. Together, the Rains sisters led Granbury to the state championship game in 1954 and 1955, losing both years to Dimmitt. Coaching career Andrews coached high school basketball for fifty-two years at five high schools in Texas from 1962 to 2014, leading those teams to sixteen state Final Four appearances, and a state championship in 1990. Andrews served as Head coach of the McDonald's All-American Game West team in 2004, and the Gatorade All-America team in 2009. In 2007, she was name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leta Powell Drake
Leta Powell Drake (March 10, 1938 – September 15, 2021) was an American broadcaster, television producer, screenwriter and television personality on local stations in Nebraska. Drake hosted ''Live & Learn'', a program for seniors on 5 City TV in Lincoln, Nebraska, and has been inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Nebraska Press Women's Hall of Fame. Drake acted in more than 100 plays and two movies. She was a member of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE). She was also one of the creators of the Star City Holiday Parade. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, Drake served on the boards of the University of Nebraska College of Fine and Performing Arts; UNL Alumni Association; Osher Life Long Learning Institute at UNL; Lincoln General Hospital Auxiliary; Mayor's Film Commission; Muscular Dystrophy Association; Lincoln Advertising Federation; Lincoln Community Playhouse; Theatre Arts for Youth; YMCA; The Salvation Army; 99's (Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leta Hong Fincher
Leta Hong Fincher is an American journalist, feminist and writer. She is currently a research associate at Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Early life and education Fincher was born in British Hong Kong, to a Chinese-American mother with roots in Xiamen, Fujian, and a European-American father. She grew up in Canberra after her parents received tenures at Australian National University. Her mother, a linguist, and her father, a historian, were both Chinese scholars, and she spent a significant portion of her childhood travelling to and from China. As a child, she spoke Mandarin at home with her mother. Fincher attended Harvard University, where she completed her bachelor's degree in 1990, and later Stanford University for her master's degree in East Asian Studies. She graduated from Tsinghua University with the first PhD for sociology awarded to an American. Career Fincher has written for several publications about feminism, especially in China. For her r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leta Stetter Hollingworth
Leta Stetter Hollingworth (May 25, 1886 – November 27, 1939) was an American psychologist, educator, and feminist. She made contributions in psychology of women, clinical psychology, and educational psychology. She is best known for her work with gifted children.Hochman, S. K. "Leta Stetter Hollingworth." Webster University. Retrieved from Early life On May 25, 1886, Leta Anna Stetter was born in Dawes County, Nebraska near the town of Chadron. She was the first of three children born to Margaret Elinor Danley (1862–1890) and John George Stetter (1856–1943). Her childhood consisted of multiple hardships. At three years old, her mother died after giving birth to her third child, and her father deserted the family. Leta and her sisters were then raised by their maternal grandparents — Samuel Thomas Danley (1833–1898) and Mary (1838–1904) — on their farm. After ten years of absence, Leta's father remarried and forced the children to leave their grandparents and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leta Lindley
Leta Lindley (born June 1, 1972) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour between 1995 and 2012, and currently plays on the Legends of the LPGA circuit. She was runner-up at the 1997 LPGA Championship and won the 2008 LPGA Corning Classic. She has won three Legends of the LPGA tournaments, including her first career major, the 2024 U.S. Senior Women's Open. Early life and amateur career Lindley's first golf job was painting stripes on range balls as an 11-year-old. She played collegiate golf at the University of Arizona, where she briefly roomed with Annika Sörenstam. She was a four-time All-American, three-time Academic All-American, and finished third at the 1993 NCAA Championship. She was a Honda Sports Award finalist twice, and lost out to Vicki Goetze in 1992 and Charlotta Sörenstam in 1993. In addition, she was the medalist at the 1994 U.S. Women's Amateur. Lindley turned professional in the summer of 1994 after graduating with a degree in com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leta Peer
Leta Peer (17 April 1964 – 13 February 2012) was a Swiss painter and fine art photographer. Life From 1984 to 1987, Peer studied painting at the School of Design in Basel under Franz Fedier. From 1996 to 1997 she lectured as a visiting lecturer at the HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium. Exhibitions (selection) 2010: Gratwanderung! (balancing act!), Group exhibition at Neuer Kunstverein in Aachen Awards * 1986: Press award, annual exhibition of the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland * 1992: Artist scholarship from Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Switzerland * 1993: Scholarship Cité internationale des arts The Cité internationale des arts is an artist-in-residence building complex which accommodates artists of all specialities and nationalities in Paris. It comprises two sites, one located in the Marais and the other in Montmartre. Approximately ... in Paris * 1994: Sponsorship prize from the Canton Graubünden, Switzerland * 1998: Atelier in Brooklyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leta Myers Smart
Leta Von Felden Myers Smart (March 15, 1893 – June 8, 1981) was an American writer, and a member of the Omaha people who was active on the national level for American Indian rights. Early life Myers was born in Nebraska, the daughter of Garry P. Meyers and Dora Von Felden Meyers. Her father was a blacksmith and an alumnus of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Antonine Barada, an Omaha folk hero, was her great-grandfather. She described herself as a relative and former secretary of Omaha lawyer Thomas L. Sloan. Myers attended Hampton Institute from 1910 to 1912. She was denied admission at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School because she was less than a quarter Indian by ancestry.Correspondence between F. H. Abbott to Garry P. Meyers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lita (given Name)
Lita is a female given name of Latin origin, which means "gladly". The name can be a diminutive form of Amelita (other), Amelita, Elita (other), Elita, or Lolita (given name), Lolita. The name Lita may refer to: People *Lita (wrestler) (born 1975), American wrestler *Lita Cabellut (born 1961), Spanish painter *Lita Chevret (1908–2001), American actress *Lita Cohen (born 1940), American politician *Lita Ford (born 1958), American musician *Lita Grey (1908–1995), American actress *Lita Liem Sugiarto (born 1946), Indonesian tennis player *Lita Prahl (1905–1978), Norwegian actress *Lita Roza (1926–2008), British singer *Lita Stantic (born 1942), Argentine filmmaker Fiction *Lita, fictional character in the video game series ''Boktai'' *Sailor Jupiter, Lita Kino, fictional character in the English adaptation of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime and manga series See also *Leta (given name) *Lota (name) {{given name Latin feminine given names Feminine given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leda (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Leda (; Ancient Greek: Λήδα ), also rendered Lede, was an Aetolian princess who became queen consort of Sparta through her marriage to King Tyndareus. Zeus fell in love with Leda, and to avoid his wife Hera's jealousy, raped her while disguised as a swan. Leda was named as the mother of four famous children in Greek mythology: Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the twins Castor and Pollux. Leda and the Swan was a popular motif in the visual arts, particularly during the Renaissance. Family Leda is most commonly named as a daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius,Apollodorus, ''Library''3.10/ref>Euripides, ''Iphigenia in Aulis''49/ref> son of Ares, and was occasionally referred to as Thestias. Her mother is disputed, and could have been Leucippe,Hyginus, ''Fabulae''14.3/ref> Deidameia, daughter of Perieres, Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea,Apollodorus, ''Library''1.7.10/ref> or Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron.Alcman, fr .15 as cited in Scholia on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |