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Willemina
Willemina is a Dutch feminine given name similar to Wilhelmina. Bearers often use a short form in daily life, including ''Ineke'', ''Mien'', ''Miep'', ''Wil'', ''Will'', ''Willeke'', ''Minnie,'' ''Willy'', ''Willie'' and ''Wilma''. People with the name include: * Willemina Jacoba "Wil" van Gogh (1862–1941), Dutch nurse and early feminist, sister of Vincent van Gogh * Willemina C.A. "Wilma" van Hofwegen (born 1971), Dutch swimmer * Willemina "Will" van Kralingen (1951–2012), Dutch actress * Willemina Ogterop (1881–1974), Dutch-born American stained glass window designer * Willemina R.C. "Mirjam" Sterk (born 1973), Dutch politician and educator * Willemina Hendrika "Ineke" Tigelaar (born 1945), Dutch swimmer * Willemina Zwanida "Willeke" Wendrich (born 1961), Dutch-born American Egyptologist and archaeologist {{given name Dutch feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemina Ogterop
Willemina Ogterop (1881–1974) was a Dutch-American artist and stained glass window designer of almost 500 windows in 80 locations. Her wide-ranging interests included Eastern philosophy, religion and poetry, prompting her to create and donate some of her works of art to India, as well as writing her personal philosophy and participating in international peace movements. Biography Mrs. Ogterop (nee Muller) was born in Maastricht in the Netherlands in 1881. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam before going to South Africa in 1903 at the age of 21. In Africa she met her future husband, Cornelis Ogterop; they were married in 1905 in Java, Indonesia where they lived before returning in 1907 to The Netherlands where their four children were born. The family immigrated at the end of World War I to California in 1918 and lived for ten years on a farm near Santa Cruz. When the entire family moved to Berkeley, Mrs. Ogterop began working in the Cummings Art Glass Studio in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemina Jacoba Van Gogh
Wilhelmina Jacoba van Gogh (; 16 March 1862 – 17 May 1941) was a nurse, teacher of scripture, and early Feminism in the Netherlands, Dutch feminist. She was the youngest and best-known sister of artist Vincent van Gogh, who she was close to, and the art dealer Theo van Gogh (art dealer), Theo van Gogh. Life Wilhelmina Jacoba van Gogh was born on 16 March 1862, in Zundert, Netherlands, daughter of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. She had three brothers Vincent van Gogh, Vincent, Theo van Gogh (art dealer), Theo, and Cor van Gogh, Cor, and two sisters Elisabeth (Lise) and Anna. Wil and Vincent were close at an early age. They both had difficulties at school, both "rejected society's prevailing norms" and were "socially engaged and very creative," and "struggled with their mental health, which they discussed openly with each other." Van Gogh never married or had children. During the first part of her life, Van Gogh served her family and others, nursing the sick. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmina (given Name)
Wilhelmina (also: Wilhelmena, Wilhelmine, Wilhemina) is a feminine given name, the Dutch, German and Yiddish form of Wilhelm or Willem or William, which is derived from the Germanic ''wil'', meaning "will, desire" and ''helm'', meaning " helmet, protection". Wilhelmina was ranked in the top 1000 most popular names for girls in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ... between 1900 and 1940 but is rarely used today. In many Europe, European countries, this name is once again very popular. Nicknames for Wilhelmina include, but are not restricted to, Minna (given name), Minna, Mina (given name), Mina, Mineke, Minnie, Willie, Willy, Willa, and Billie. Notable people with this name * Wilhelmina Hay Abbott (1884–1957), Scottish suffragist and feminist *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjam Sterk
Willemina Roziena Catharina "Mirjam" Sterk (born 23 May 1973) is a Dutch former politician, civil servant, NH editor, and educator. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal she was a member of the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 (on maternity leave from 8 April to 29 July 2008, replaced by Sabine Uitslag) until 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of integration policy and social affairs. Since 9 February 2022, she has been a member of the provincial executive of Utrecht. Life Sterk is a member of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) and studied theology at Utrecht University. She is married and has three children. From May 2002 to September 2012 she was a member of the House of Representatives. Following the controversial deportation of Roma migrants from France in 2010, Sterk advocated the deportation of Romani from the Netherlands. She said in an interview for ''Algemeen Dagblad'' that sending Romani who are unemployed and cause nuisance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilma Van Hofwegen
Willemina ("Wilma") Cornelia Adriana van Rijn-van Hofwegen (born 17 July 1971) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Van Hofwegen was born in Vlaardingen. She won the 1997 Dutch Championships in the 50 meter and 100 meter butterfly. She is married to former swimmer Michael van Rijn, who also competed for Holland. She competed in the Olympic silver medal-winning relay team alongside Inge de Bruijn, Thamar Henneken and Manon van Rooijen. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 .... ReferencesProfile on ZwemkroniekDutch Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ineke Tigelaar
Willemina Hendrika "Ineke" Tigelaar (born 9 October 1945) is a Dutch former freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq .... She won four medals at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, including one gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Between 1961 and 1964 she won six national titles in the 100 m, 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events. In 1962 and 1964 she was part of the Dutch teams that set new European records in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. . zwemmenindepolder.nl References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willeke Wendrich
Willemina Zwanida "Willeke" Wendrich (born 13 September 1961, Haarlem) is a Dutch-American Egyptologist and archaeologist. She is Professor and Joan Silsbee Chair of African Cultural Archaeology in the Near Eastern Language & Cultures Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since 2016 she is the Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Education Wendrich completed her Ph.D. at the Centre for Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands in 1993. The topic of her dissertation was ''Ethnoarchaeology and the social context of Ancient Egyptian basketry'', which was subsequently published as ''The World According to Basketry'' by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (CIoA) Press in June 1999. From 1995 to 1999 Wendrich was an assistant professor of Egyptian archaeology at Leiden University, stationed at the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo. In 2000, Wendrich moved to Los Angeles and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Van Kralingen
Will van Kralingen (1 October 1951 in Nijmegen – 9 November 2012 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch actress whose starring credits included '' Havinck'' in 1987 and '' Temmink: The Ultimate Fight'' in 1998. Kralingen also appeared in Dutch television series, including '' De Zomer van '45'', '' Het jaar van de Opvolging'', and '' Het Wassende Water''. Her most recent television roles were '' Hartslag'' and '' Flikken Maastricht''. Will van Kralingen received two ''Golden Calf'' awards for her roles in '' Havinck'' and '' Storm in mijn Hoofd''. She later won a Theo d'Or for best dramatic actress in 2007. She then dubbed Moses's foster mother, Tuya, in the Dutch version of the 1998 animated feature, The Prince of Egypt. Her last film was '' De Goede Dood'', filmed in 2011 and released in February 2012. Will van Kralingen died from cancer at Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Feminine Given Names
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, it reflects the Kingdom of the Netherlands ** Dutch Caribbean ** Netherlands Antilles Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early German immigrants to Pennsylvania Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler and field athlete * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
