32-792: Marlies may refer to the following: Marlies is a Dutch and German feminine given name. It is a contraction of Maria and either Louise or Liesbeth . People with the name include: Louise (given name) Louise Pronunciation / l u ˈ iː z / loo- EEZ Gender Female Origin Word/name German French Meaning "Famous warrior" Other names Nickname(s) Lou Louie Lulu Weazy Weezy Louisette Louweazy Related names Eloise Aloisia Louisa Luisa Luiza Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of
64-484: A businesswoman, she won't make money if she comes off as an antagonizing suffragette. Bethune designed mostly industrial and public buildings. She disliked working on residential projects because they paid poorly. Her best-known design and masterpiece is the neoclassical Hotel Lafayette , which was commissioned for $ 1 million and completed in 1904. It has since undergone a $ 35 million restoration, completed in 2012 by developer Rocco Termini. The Bethune firm also designed
96-543: A design competition for the Women's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago because men were paid $ 10,000 to design buildings for the fair while the women got only $ 1,000. She believed that complete emancipation meant equal pay for equal work, and she didn't want to support endeavours that didn't support her views or values, but she also explained how she understands that as
128-672: A female snail from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode " Lighthouse Louie ". She used to be named Louie, but when she revealed that she has newborn baby snails, she became Louise. Louise, a character in the manga and anime series Attack on Titan Louise the Lady of Violets, wife of the sage Lord Pent and a character in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade Louise Belcher , one of the main characters in animated sitcom Bob's Burgers Louise Brooks, one of
160-455: A main character in the spin-off The Jeffersons Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière , the female protagonist in the light novel, anime, and manga series Zero no Tsukaima Louise Maigret (née Leonard), wife of Inspector Jules Maigret , a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon Louise Mallard, main character from " The Story of an Hour " by Kate Chopin Louise "Lulu" Moppet,
192-516: A national level. In the early 1900s, Bethune got the opportunity to design the Lafayette Hotel, located in downtown Buffalo. The building is a Renaissance Revival hotel of seven-stories. The hotel also features hot and cold water in every bathroom, and includes a telephone in every room. This hotel was praised as one of the most magnificent hotels in the country when it opened in 1904. Bethune ended up ending her AIA membership and focusing solely on
224-513: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Louise Blanchard Bethune Louise Blanchard Bethune (July 21, 1856 – December 18, 1913) was the first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect . She was born in Waterloo, New York . Blanchard worked primarily in Buffalo, New York and partnered with her husband at Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs . Her biggest project
256-1246: The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature Luise Gottsched (1713–1762), German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator Louise Granberg (1812–1907), Swedish playwright Louise Hay (1926–2017), American motivational author and publisher Luise Hensel (1798–1876), German religious author and poet Louise Herschman Mannheimer (1845–1920), Czech-American writer, poet, school founder, and inventor Louise Manning Hodgkins (1846–1935), American educator, author, and editor Louise Wareham Leonard (born 1965), American author Louise Markscheffel (1857–1911), American journalist, editor, and critic Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908), American poet, story-writer, and critic Louise Rennison (1951–2016), English author and comedian Louise Willis Snead (1868–1958), American writer, lecturer, and artist Louise Stockton (1838-1914), American author, journalist, club organizer Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872), German poet Louise Collier Willcox (1865–1929), American author, editor, anthologist, translator, and suffragist Politics [ edit ] Louise Marcos (born 1959), Filipina lawyer, first lady of
288-537: The Bethunes pioneered these ideas. In 1893, Bethune commented that she does not specialize in educational design, because she felt as the first woman architect she should demonstrate her understanding of all types of architectural design. Many of the buildings her firm worked on with historically derivative, which was the standard practice at the time. A lot of their work was Romanesque in character. The firm really focused on local projects, and none of them placed Bethune on
320-786: The Denton, Cottier & Daniels music store, one of the first buildings in the United States to utilize a steel frame and poured concrete slabs. Three other Bethune buildings are still standing today: the Iroquois Door Plant Company warehouse; the large Chandler Street Complex for the Buffalo Weaving Company; and the Witkop and Holmes Headquarters (1901), which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. She
352-775: The Institute of Directors in Scotland Louise Davis McMahon (1873–1966), American philanthropist Louise O'Sullivan (born 1973), Irish telecommunications executive Louise C. Purington (1844-1916), American physician and temperance movement leader Louise Ravelli (born 1963), Australian linguist Louise Signal , New Zealand professor of public health Louise Reed Stowell (1850–1932), American scientist and author Louise van den Plas (1877–1968), Belgian suffragist Louise Adelaide Wolf (1898–1962), American mathematician and university professor Fictional characters [ edit ] Lighthouse Louise,
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#1732844175241384-452: The Lafayette Hotel expansion project that soon followed its opening. Bethune also partnered with Nikola Tesla for this project. Bethune's designs reflect her success in applying new scientific developments such as sanitation, ventilation, fire-proofing, and other functions which were challenging architects during the late 19th-century, which was experiencing rapid urbanization and industrial development at this time. Louise Bethune, being
416-638: The Philippines since 2022, wife of 17th Philippine President Bongbong Marcos Louise Feltham (1935–2020), Canadian politician Louise Hardy (born 1959), Canadian politician Bi-khim Louise Hsiao (born 1971), 13th Vice President of the Republic of China, also known as Hsiao Bi-khim Louise Thibault (born 1946), Canadian politician Royalty and nobility [ edit ] Princess Louise (disambiguation) , various princesses Lady Louise Windsor (born 2003), granddaughter of Elizabeth II, Queen of
448-793: The UK Louise Charron (born 1951), Canadian lawyer Louise L. Chase (1840–1906), American social reformer Louise Cooper , British financial analyst Louise de Marillac (1591–1660), French co-founder of the Daughters of Charity and Roman Catholic saint Louise Filion (born 1945), Canadian professor of biogeography Luise Hercus (1926–2018), German-born Australian linguist Louise Jensen (died 1994), Danish murder victim Louise Jordan (1908–1966), American petroleum geologist Louise Kessenich-Grafemus (1786–1852), Prussian officer Louise M. Lawson (1855–1951), American temperance activist Louise Macdonald , national director of
480-1706: The United Kingdom and only daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh Queen Louise (disambiguation) , various queens Louise de Brézé (1521–1577), French noble and spouse of Claude, Duke of Aumale Luise von Degenfeld (1634–1677), countess and morganatic spouse of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722–1780), daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1771–1856), countess and abbess of Drübeck Abbey Louise de Mérode (1819–1868), Belgian noble and spouse of Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo della Cisterna Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870–1947), daughter of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany Sports [ edit ] Louise Baxter (born 1983), Scottish field hockey defender Louise Brough (1923–2014), American tennis player Louise Carroll (born 1982), Scottish field hockey defender Louise Christie (born 2000), Scottish rhythmic gymnast Louise Cooper , former footballer Luise Krüger (1915–2001), German athlete Louise Lieberman (born 1977), American soccer coach and former player Louise Miller (born 1960), English high jumper Louise Sauvage (born 1973), Australian Paralympic athlete Louise Vanhille (born 1998), French gymnast Aristelle Luise Yog-Atouth (born 1994), Gabonese football player Other people [ edit ] Louise Arbour (born 1947), Canadian lawyer and diplomat Louise Archer (1893–1948), American teacher and activist Louise Brown (born 1978), first human to be born after in vitro fertilisation, in
512-692: The United States. The former Buffalo Meter Company Building was renamed Bethune Hall in her honor, when it housed the Department of Art along with the School of Architecture and Planning of the University at Buffalo . This building was purchased in June 2011 by the Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation, who redeveloped the building into 87 apartments with Carmina Wood Morris, PC. Residents began to move into
544-594: The building in July 2013, and it was renamed Bethune Lofts. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places , received LEED Silver certification, and received the Preservation League of NYS Excellence in Historic Preservation Award in 2014. In 2013, Bethune's grave was given a new marker, which states, "JENNIE LOUISE BLANCHARD BETHUNE JULY 21, 1856 DECEMBER 18, 1915" She
576-584: The first woman architect, understood her role as a feminist and her role as a businesswoman. Although Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs worked on many residential projects, she believed that women architects should not pursue these projects because it limits them from being chosen for bigger, commercial projects, and men were most likely to be chosen for these. She didn't want women to be pigeonholed into doing only residential design. Also, she believed in equal pay for equal work and many residential projects did not pay as well as commercial projects. Equal pay for equal work
608-586: The first woman's bicycle to go on sale in Buffalo. She was an active member of the Women's Wheel and Athletic Club. According to the Buffalo Spree , Bethune had feminist leanings. Bethune retired in 1908 and died on December 18, 1913, at the age of 57. Bethune planned on going to architecture school at Cornell. Instead, in 1876, she took a job working as a draftsman in the office of Richard A. Waite and F.W. Caulkins , well known architects in Buffalo, New York. At
640-1788: The given name Louis . Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century. It has ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Wales in recent years. It last ranked among the top 1,000 first names for girls born in the United States in 1991, but remains a more common middle name. Variants [ edit ] Aloisia: German , Italian , Spanish Aloisie: Czech Alojza: Polish Alojzia: Hungarian , Slovak Alojzija: Slovene Heloísa: Portuguese Labhaoise: Irish Liisa: Finnish , Estonian Liudvika: Lithuanian Lluïsa: Catalan Loes: Dutch Lou: English , French Louella: English Louisa: English Louise: Danish , Dutch, English, French, Norwegian , Swedish Louiza: Greek (Λουίζα), Kabyle Louize: Danish, Dutch Lova: Swedish Loviisa: Finnish Loviise: Estonian Lovisa: Swedish Lovise: Danish, Norwegian Lu: English Luana: English, Portuguese Luann: English Luanne: English Ludovica: Italian, Latin Ludwika: Polish Luella: English Luigia: Italian Luigina: Italian Luisa: Italian, Spanish, Estonian Luísa: Portuguese Luise: German, Estonian Luisella: Italian Luīz: Portuguese, English Luiza: Polish, Portuguese, Romanian , Russian (Луиза), Albanian Luīze: Latvian Lujza: Hungarian, Slovak Lula: English Lulu: English, German Luyiza: Ukrainian (Луїза) Ruiha: Māori People with
672-686: The main character of Little Lulu comics Louise Sawyer, one of the title characters of the movie Thelma & Louise Louise Sidell, the title character's closest friend in the Penny Parker books Louise , a character from Touhou Project Louise, one of the characters in the Harry and Louise political advertising campaign of 1993-94, portrayed by actress Louise Caire Clark See also [ edit ] Lois Lovisa Lowiena Marie Louise Mary Louise (name) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
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#1732844175241704-642: The main characters in the BBC sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Louise Darling, a friend of Ruby with brown fur in Max & Ruby Louise Grimsley, long-running character in the crime/mystery serial The Edge of Night Louise Halevy , supporting character from the Gundam 00 franchise Louise "Weezie" Jefferson , neighbor of Archie Bunker in All in the Family and
736-2368: The name [ edit ] Arts [ edit ] Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), American architect Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), French sculptor Louise Cotnoir (born 1948), Canadian writer Louise Murray (1854–1931), American local historian and museum director Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), American sculptor Louise Robert (born 1941), Canadian painter Louise Schatz (1916–1997), Canadian-born Israeli artist and designer Louise Cooper Spindle (1885–1968), American composer Entertainment [ edit ] Louise Abuel (born 2003), Filipino teen actor Louise Beavers (1902–1962), African-American film and television actress Louise Bourgoin (born 1981), French actress Louise Brealey (born 1979), English actress Louise Brooks (1906–1985), American silent film actress Louise delos Reyes (born 1992), Filipino actress Louise Fletcher (1934–2022), American actress Louise Gold (born 1956), British Muppet performer Luise Gruber (born 1982), Austrian blues singer-songwriter professionally known as Saint Lu Louise Harman (born 1985), British rapper better known as Lady Sovereign Louise Harrison , British actress Louise Jameson (born 1951), British actress Louise Labèque (born 2003), French actress Louise Lasser (born 1939), American actress Louise Linden (1862–1934), American saxophonist Louise Madison (1911–1970), American tap dancer Louise Michaëli (1830–1875), Swedish opera singer Louise Plowright (1956–2016), British actress Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-Austrian-American actress Louise Redknapp (born 1974), British singer professionally known simply as Louise Literature [ edit ] Louise Adler (born 1954), Australian publisher and academic Luise Aston (1814–1871), German author Louise Bogan (1897–1970), American poet Louise Bombardier (born 1953), Canadian actress and writer Louise Compain (1869–1941), French feminist author Louise Cooper (1952–2009), British writer Louise Erdrich (born 1954), American novelist and poet Louise Flodin (1828–1923), Swedish journalist and publisher Louise E. Francis (1869–1932), American journalist, editor, publisher, and author Louise Glück (1943–2023), American poet and essayist who won
768-684: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louise_(given_name)&oldid=1253466442 " Categories : Given names English given names Danish feminine given names French feminine given names Feminine given names English feminine given names German feminine given names Swedish feminine given names Hidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2023 Articles with short description Short description
800-547: The three of them did everything from small residential to larger institutional buildings. Bethune was elected a member of the Western Association of Architects (WAA) in 1885. She later served a term as a vice president of the W.A.A. She was named the first female associate of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) in 1888 and in 1889, she became its first female fellow. In 1891, she refused to compete in
832-684: The time, it was more common to learn architecture while working for a firm rather than in a classroom. In 1881, after five years in Waite's office, she opened an independent office partnering with her husband, Robert Bethune, in Buffalo, earning herself the title of the nation's first professional woman architect, which she announced at the Ninth Congress of the Association for the Advancement of Women. In 1891, William Fuchs became their third firm partner, and
864-400: The work of a proper architect, and believed her gender shouldn't define her accomplishments. Although she didn't define herself as a feminist, she did lean into it with her optimistic views that more women will become architects in time. She was rather an advocate for the architecture profession being available for women rather than an apologizing for the limitations women suffered. Her activism
896-461: Was a child, which is near Seneca Falls, the birthplace of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She graduated from Buffalo Central High School in 1874. She made a remark explaining how her interest in architecture was first playful but soon became an absorbing interest. In 1881, she wed Canadian Robert A. Bethune (1855-1915), also an architect. Together they had one son, Charles William Bethune, in 1883. Bethune reportedly purchased
928-550: Was design itself. Bethune was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her career and advocacy for women in architecture helped pave the way for generations of women architects including Lois Lilley Howe , Josephine Wright Chapman , Sophia Hayden , Mary Nevan Gannon , Alice Hands , Julia Morgan , and Beverly Greene . By the time Bethune died in December 1915, nearly 200 women were practicing architecture in
960-506: Was involved of the design of one hundred fifty buildings in the Buffalo and New England areas during her career. Bethune & Bethune designed 18 public schools in the term of the firm's lifetime, beginning in 1881 for the Buffalo Public School District. The firm paid special attention to segregating children by their ages, indoor plumbing, and including egress stairs for fire safety. These standards are still used today and
992-472: Was something she strongly advocated for women architects, and didn't take projects just for prestige. This was her guiding principle, and she gave a speech on to the Buffalo chapter of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union on March 6, 1891, explaining her values as to why she refused to compete to design the women's pavilion at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Bethune only saw herself as doing
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1024-470: Was the Hotel Lafayette , including its expansion project, but she also worked on many other residential and commercial projects, including many public school buildings. The Buffalo Meter Company Building was renamed Bethune Hall in her honor by the University at Buffalo . Bethune was born Jennie Louise Blanchard in Waterloo, New York in 1856. The Blanchard family moved to Buffalo, New York when she
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