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A female given name

I found myself wanting to explain it to her, this middle-aged woman with the kind of haircut you call a hairdo, which needed to be set in rollers every night, who had a name like Agnes or Harriet, a name that even predated my mother's generation.

Roman Christian who, according to tradition, was martyred as a virgin at the age of 13. She is the patron saint of young girls
given name, female, from Greek
{i} female first name; Saint Agnes, Roman Christian who is said to have been martyred when she was 13, patron saint of little girls
Agnes Saint de Mille Agnes George Macphail Agnes Campbell Martin Agnes Ethel Agnes Zimmerman Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Thorndike Dame Agnes Sybil

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Agnes Campbell Macphail
born March 24, 1890, Grey county, Ont., Can. died Feb. 13, 1954, Toronto Canadian politician. Originally a schoolteacher, she entered politics to represent the farmers in her region. In 1921, the first year women could vote in national elections in Canada, she was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as its first female member; she served until 1940. She advocated prison reform and women's rights as well as a protective tariff. She was the first female Canadian delegate to the League of Nations. Elected to the Ontario legislature (1943-45, 1948-51), she sponsored the province's first equal-pay legislation
Agnes De Mille
a US dancer and choreographer who planned the dances for several musical plays on Broadway, such as Oklahoma! and Carousel (1909-93). born Sept. 18, 1905, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 7, 1993, New York City U.S. dancer and choreographer. She graduated from UCLA, moved back to New York, and soon was touring the U.S. with her own mime-dance concerts (1929-40). In her choreographed works for Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), she made innovative use of American themes, folk dances, and idioms; in Rodeo (1942) she used tap dance for the first time in a ballet. She choreographed many Broadway musicals, including Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945), Brigadoon (1947), and Paint Your Wagon (1951), and she wrote several books on dance and an autobiography
Agnes George de Mille
born Sept. 18, 1905, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 7, 1993, New York City U.S. dancer and choreographer. She graduated from UCLA, moved back to New York, and soon was touring the U.S. with her own mime-dance concerts (1929-40). In her choreographed works for Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), she made innovative use of American themes, folk dances, and idioms; in Rodeo (1942) she used tap dance for the first time in a ballet. She choreographed many Broadway musicals, including Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945), Brigadoon (1947), and Paint Your Wagon (1951), and she wrote several books on dance and an autobiography
Agnes Martin
born March 22, 1912, Maklin, Sask., Can. Canadian-born U.S. painter. She moved to the U.S. in 1932 and became a U.S. citizen in 1940. She studied at Columbia Teachers College and taught at the University of New Mexico. She had her first solo exhibition in 1958. A prominent exponent of geometric abstraction, for her, a gray grid of intersecting penciled lines became the ultimate geometric composition. In the 1970s she produced printed equivalents of her paintings; a notable series of silkscreens, On a Clear Day (1973), were produced after her mathematically annotated sketches. Her work has been connected with Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism
AGN
Active Galactic Nucleus or Active Galaxy Nuclei
Saint Agnes' Eve
The night of January 20, on which traditionally, if she performs certain rituals, a woman is supposed to have dreams of her future husband
Saint Agnes' Eves
plural form of Saint Agnes' Eve
Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike
born Oct. 24, 1882, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Eng. died June 9, 1976, London British actress. As a member of the Old Vic company in London (1914-18), she became a leading tragic actress. Noted for her versatility in modern and classic plays, she originated the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan (1924). She managed several London theatres, and she often costarred with her husband, the actor-director Lewis Casson, in her more than five decades in the theatre
Saint Agnes
flourished 4th century, Rome; feast day January 21 Legendary Christian martyr, the patron saint of girls. According to tradition, she was a beautiful virgin who turned away all suitors, declaring that she could have no spouse but Jesus. The rejected suitors informed Roman officials that she was a Christian, and she was punished by being exposed in a brothel. There she was left miraculously unharmed; the only man who attempted to violate her was struck blind, and she healed him with prayer. She was later murdered during the persecutions ordered by Diocletian
saint agnes's eve
a Christian holy day
agnes

    Silbentrennung

    Ag·nes

    Türkische aussprache

    ägnîs

    Aussprache

    /ˈagnəs/ /ˈæɡnɪs/

    Etymologie

    [ 'ag-n&s ] (biographical name.) From Ancient Greek ἀγνόs (agnós) (pure, chaste); ἀγνεία (agneía) (purity, chastity)
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