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British singer songwriter Wildes' real name is Ella Walker.
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Ella is the middle name of English organist Anna Lapwood, her full name is Anna Ruth Ella Lapwood.
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Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer (1873 – 1943) was an American illustrator, painter, and printmaker who painted and illustrated Tennessee society, including the state's women and children. As a printmaker, she pioneered the white-line woodcut.
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American singer songwriter Squirrel Flower's legal name is Ella Williams.
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Ella Tambussi Grasso was the first woman elected governor in her own right - that is, without her husband having served in the role previously. Elected for the first time to office in 1952, she would serve continuously in elected office for three decades and never lose a race. Had she survived, she would have likely made a compelling candidate for the nation’s highest offices.
Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Tambussi was born in 1919 to Italian immigrant parents. She excelled in school, and went on to attend Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where she earned her BA in 1940. She earned her MA in 1942, also from Mount Holyoke. She married Thomas Grasso in 1942. The couple would have two children and would own and operate a movie theatre together.
Grasso became involved with the League of Women Voters in 1942, and became a speechwriter for the Connecticut Democratic Party. For a stretch of the 1940s and 1950s, Grasso left the Democratic Party for the Republican Party; she returned to the Democratic Party by 1951.
Grasso won her first election in 1952, to the Connecticut House of Representatives. She served in the Connecticut House until 1957. She was elected floor leader of the House in 1955, and served in that role for the rest of her time in the body.
In 1958, Grasso was elected Secretary of State of Connecticut. She was reelected twice, in 1962 and 1966. In total, she served 12 years as Connecticut's Secretary of State. In this capacity, she served on the platform committee for the 1960 Democratic National Convention and the resolutions committees for the 1964 and 1968 conventions.
Grasso was widely considered a serious candidate for higher office throughout her tenure as Secretary of State. In 1967, Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) was formally censured for corruption and ethics issues, and Grasso was considered a possible contender for his seat. Several Democratic town committees went so far as to pre-emptively endorse her as a Senate candidate in 1970. She was also approached to enter the 1970 gubernatorial election, including publicly by her 1962 Republican Secretary of State opponent. Grasso instead chose to run for the House of Representatives in the 1970 election. She won a narrow victory.
She entered the House in January 1971, alongside fellow freshman Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY). Abzug and Grasso would become close, though Grasso's allegiance to traditional party designations often frustrated Abzug. Grasso served on the House committees on Veterans' Affairs and Education and Labor. She also called for the ending of military action in Vietnam. Grasso won a decisive reelection in 1972.
Grasso decided to run for the Connecticut govern ship in 1974. She won a narrow primary victory but a decisive general election victory.
Grasso's election made her the fourth woman to win a gubernatorial election, but the first to win in her own right. (The first woman governor, Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross (D-WY, 1925-1927, #WomensHistoryinPolitics, Day 11), was elected after her husband's death. The second, Gov. Miriam "Ma" Ferguson (D-TX, 1925-1927 & 1933-1935), served as a puppet for her husband, the impeached former governor. The third, Lurleen Wallace (D-AL, 1967-1968), served as a puppet for her husband, who was term-limited.)
Grasso found a Connecticut state government with serious financial issues. One of her first issues was to lay off 505 state employees and reevaluate a revenue sharing pledge she had made. Though the decisions were unpopular, she was respected for her own austerity when she returned her own salary raise to the treasury and sold the limo and plane designated for her use.
As the highest-ranking Democratic woman in government, she received some buzz regarding a possible vice-presidential bid. She was a vocal supporter of Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) during the 1976 Democratic primaries. Her support of Jackson led some local groups, including Connecticut's Young Democrats, to try and convince her to promote herself as a possible vice-presidential contender. She claimed disinterest, though she also knew that her decreased revenue sharing plan had angered some powerful state leaders. She did serve as co-chair of the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
In 1978, Grasso's Lieutenant Governor Robert K. Killian announced her was challenging Grasso during the gubernatorial primary. The campaign was bitter, but Grasso won. She won decisively over her Republican competitor for a general election victory.
Grasso was widely praised for her handling of the "Blizzard of 78" in February 1978. The snowstorm dropped 30 inches of snow on Connecticut and made roads impassable. She closed down the states, forbidding use of public roads by both business and citizens, and closed all businesses. This helped relieve rescuers from dealing with stuck cars and allowed them to focus on emergency services and road clean-up. The shutdown lasted three days. Grasso received warm praise from around the state from both the public and private sectors.
Grasso was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in March 1980. She initially thought her prognosis good, and she continued her gubernatorial duties during treatment. By late 1980, though, her prognosis had changed. She resigned the governorship effective 31 December 1980. She died less than six weeks later, at age 61.
Grasso was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Pres. Ronald Reagan in October 1981. Her husband, receiving the honor, said of his wife, "She was a strange mixture of many, many things. She had integrity, sympathy, understanding. She was straight as an arrow. She was a good wife, an excellent mother and, above all, brought to politics a certain integrity that our good President is attempting to bring."
She was also posthumously inducted in to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 and was an inaugural member of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Tambussi was born in 1919 to Italian immigrant parents. She excelled in school, and went on to attend Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where she earned her BA in 1940. She earned her MA in 1942, also from Mount Holyoke. She married Thomas Grasso in 1942. The couple would have two children and would own and operate a movie theatre together.
Grasso became involved with the League of Women Voters in 1942, and became a speechwriter for the Connecticut Democratic Party. For a stretch of the 1940s and 1950s, Grasso left the Democratic Party for the Republican Party; she returned to the Democratic Party by 1951.
Grasso won her first election in 1952, to the Connecticut House of Representatives. She served in the Connecticut House until 1957. She was elected floor leader of the House in 1955, and served in that role for the rest of her time in the body.
In 1958, Grasso was elected Secretary of State of Connecticut. She was reelected twice, in 1962 and 1966. In total, she served 12 years as Connecticut's Secretary of State. In this capacity, she served on the platform committee for the 1960 Democratic National Convention and the resolutions committees for the 1964 and 1968 conventions.
Grasso was widely considered a serious candidate for higher office throughout her tenure as Secretary of State. In 1967, Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D-CT) was formally censured for corruption and ethics issues, and Grasso was considered a possible contender for his seat. Several Democratic town committees went so far as to pre-emptively endorse her as a Senate candidate in 1970. She was also approached to enter the 1970 gubernatorial election, including publicly by her 1962 Republican Secretary of State opponent. Grasso instead chose to run for the House of Representatives in the 1970 election. She won a narrow victory.
She entered the House in January 1971, alongside fellow freshman Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY). Abzug and Grasso would become close, though Grasso's allegiance to traditional party designations often frustrated Abzug. Grasso served on the House committees on Veterans' Affairs and Education and Labor. She also called for the ending of military action in Vietnam. Grasso won a decisive reelection in 1972.
Grasso decided to run for the Connecticut govern ship in 1974. She won a narrow primary victory but a decisive general election victory.
Grasso's election made her the fourth woman to win a gubernatorial election, but the first to win in her own right. (The first woman governor, Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross (D-WY, 1925-1927, #WomensHistoryinPolitics, Day 11), was elected after her husband's death. The second, Gov. Miriam "Ma" Ferguson (D-TX, 1925-1927 & 1933-1935), served as a puppet for her husband, the impeached former governor. The third, Lurleen Wallace (D-AL, 1967-1968), served as a puppet for her husband, who was term-limited.)
Grasso found a Connecticut state government with serious financial issues. One of her first issues was to lay off 505 state employees and reevaluate a revenue sharing pledge she had made. Though the decisions were unpopular, she was respected for her own austerity when she returned her own salary raise to the treasury and sold the limo and plane designated for her use.
As the highest-ranking Democratic woman in government, she received some buzz regarding a possible vice-presidential bid. She was a vocal supporter of Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-WA) during the 1976 Democratic primaries. Her support of Jackson led some local groups, including Connecticut's Young Democrats, to try and convince her to promote herself as a possible vice-presidential contender. She claimed disinterest, though she also knew that her decreased revenue sharing plan had angered some powerful state leaders. She did serve as co-chair of the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
In 1978, Grasso's Lieutenant Governor Robert K. Killian announced her was challenging Grasso during the gubernatorial primary. The campaign was bitter, but Grasso won. She won decisively over her Republican competitor for a general election victory.
Grasso was widely praised for her handling of the "Blizzard of 78" in February 1978. The snowstorm dropped 30 inches of snow on Connecticut and made roads impassable. She closed down the states, forbidding use of public roads by both business and citizens, and closed all businesses. This helped relieve rescuers from dealing with stuck cars and allowed them to focus on emergency services and road clean-up. The shutdown lasted three days. Grasso received warm praise from around the state from both the public and private sectors.
Grasso was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in March 1980. She initially thought her prognosis good, and she continued her gubernatorial duties during treatment. By late 1980, though, her prognosis had changed. She resigned the governorship effective 31 December 1980. She died less than six weeks later, at age 61.
Grasso was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Pres. Ronald Reagan in October 1981. Her husband, receiving the honor, said of his wife, "She was a strange mixture of many, many things. She had integrity, sympathy, understanding. She was straight as an arrow. She was a good wife, an excellent mother and, above all, brought to politics a certain integrity that our good President is attempting to bring."
She was also posthumously inducted in to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993 and was an inaugural member of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Ella is the real name of Cinderella. Her sister Drisella decided to give her the cruel nickname of 'Cinderella', and she adopted it. This is one of my favorite names!
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Ella Vos (born Lauren Salamone) is an American singer songwriter.
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Two famous Ellas for you all!
Ella Rose Gaines is Chip and Joanna Gaines's daughter.
Another Ella Rose is Ella Rose Mann, Dhar Mann's daughter.
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Ella Rose Gaines is Chip and Joanna Gaines's daughter.
Another Ella Rose is Ella Rose Mann, Dhar Mann's daughter.
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Ella Mai Howell (1994-), is an English singer and songwriter.
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US English girl synthetic voice created by Acapela Group is called Ella.
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Ella Sanoo (real name Ella Koskela) is the Finnish singer from Vasa.
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Ella Yelich-O'Connor, New Zealand alternative singer known by the stage name 'Lorde'.
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Ella Baker was an American Civil Rights activist.
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Gabriella "Ella" Henderson is a British singer-songwriter.
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Ella is a character in Sonic X.
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Ella Chen (birth name: Chen Chia-Hwa) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and TV host. She is the oldest member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.
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Ella Hooper bears this name. She is a well-known Australian singer, best known for being the lead singer of The Verses and Killing Heidi. She is also the team captain of Season 2 of Spicks and Specks.
Ritchie Neville (one of the band members of Five) and Natasha Hamilton (one of the members of Atomic Kitten) have a daughter called Ella.
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Ritchie Neville (one of the band members of Five) and Natasha Hamilton (one of the members of Atomic Kitten) have a daughter called Ella.
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Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, known by her stage name "Lorde", is a New Zealand singer and songwriter.
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Ella is one of the main characters in the Game Boy Advance video game Mario Golf: Advance Tour.
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Ella McMahon, better known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is a British singer and songwriter.
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I had a great-grandma named Ella. It was not a nickname, it was her full first name. Her parents were immigrants to the US from the Dutch / German border. She died only recently at the age of 113. She has a Wikipedia page if you are interested in her. She's on there because she was a supercentenarian.
I find it interesting that so many people find it hard to imagine this name only on a young child. This name was very popular in the late 19th Century in the US and parts of Europe. So many of us probably have grandmothers or great-grandmothers or great-great grandmothers with this name. This name has recently become popular again. As have names like Bella, Emma, Eva and Ava. It seems that short but sweet names are currently trendy. This name has a place in my heart even if it isn't my style.
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I find it interesting that so many people find it hard to imagine this name only on a young child. This name was very popular in the late 19th Century in the US and parts of Europe. So many of us probably have grandmothers or great-grandmothers or great-great grandmothers with this name. This name has recently become popular again. As have names like Bella, Emma, Eva and Ava. It seems that short but sweet names are currently trendy. This name has a place in my heart even if it isn't my style.
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Ella is the daughter of American actor Mark Wahlberg and his wife Rhea Durham. Ella's siblings are Michael, Brendan, and Grace.
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Ella Dee is a character in the second season of the TV show Hex.
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Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) was called Ella.
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Slovak hockey player Richard Zedník and actress Jessica Welch have a daughter Ella Zedníková, born on 6. December, 2003.
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Ella is the name of the eldest daughter in the All-Of-A-Kind-Family book series.
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Ella Hooper is the lead singer of the Australian rock band Killing Heidi.
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This name appears in several medieval Norwegian epics.
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In the book Just Ella, it tells the story of what happens to Cinderella (really Cinders-Ella) after the ball and wedding, and how tomboy, bookworm Cinders-Ella actually got there. I love that book and read it often, although I'm too old to fully enjoy it.
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Ella (short for Elizabeth) was the sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, the last Russian czarina.
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Pavol Habera & Daniela Peštová have daughter Ella Haberová, she born in 21 July 2002 in New York City. She weighed 3kg at birth.
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Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer, is a famous bearer.
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Ella Scott Lynch is an Australian actress. Her time on the soapie Home and Away was short-lived because too few people could accept her in the role made popular by Bec Cartwright.
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In Gone with the Wind, Scarlett has a daughter named Ella Lorena.
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Ella Lorena (?) was not the name of Scarlett from GWTW's daughter. Her name was Eugenie Victoria but they only ever called her Bonnie. Overall I love the name Ella and plan on using it if I ever have a daughter.
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Ella Lorena is the name of Scarlet O'Hara's daughter in the book. She also had a son. Only her third and final child makes it into the theatrical cut, the ever famous Eugenia Victoria "Bonny Blue" Butler.
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There's a book and film 'Ella Enchanted'.
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Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have a daughter named Ella Olivia.
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John Travolta has a daughter named Ella Bleu. This name is a popular celebrity baby name.
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