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Lee Hyeon-seo (Korean: 이현서, born January 1980), [1] best known for her book, The Girl with Seven Names, is a North Korean defector and activist who lives in Seoul, South Korea, [2] where she is a student. She escaped from North Korea and later guided her family out of North Korea through China and Laos. [3]
Harriet Jacobs [a] (1813 or 1815 [b] – March 7, 1897) was an African-American abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, is now considered an "American classic".
Jillian, or Jill for short, is an English name with Latin roots and a meaning of “youthful” that’s well-suited to, well, pretty much any newborn girl. 8. Rebecca. This name of Hebrew origin ...
It has since declined in use but remains among the top 500 names given to American girls. It has been among the top 1,000 names for girls born in England and Wales since 1996. It peaked in usage there between 2008 and 2010. It was among the top 100 names for girls born in New Zealand between 2000 and 2002, and for girls born in some Canadian ...
The Escape of Oney Judge (2007), a children's book by Emily Arnold McCully; My Name Is Oney Judge (2010), a children's book by Diane D. Turner; Oney: My Escape From Slavery (2017), a novel by Diana Rubino and Piper Huguley; Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge (2017), a biography by Erica Armstrong ...
Plus, names that refer to the celestial are especially fitting since, much like the sky, the birth of a baby is an event that inspires a deep sense of wonder. Here, a list of our favorite baby ...
Say "bonjour" to French names for girls beyond classics like "Marie," "Charlotte" and "Louise.". American parents fell in love with French girl names in the 1960s, according to Laura Wattenberg ...
Escape from L.A. [13] The sequel to Escape From New York, the film is set in an America that has become a theocratic dictatorship. Central to the plot is Los Angeles Island, the remains of what was once the city of Los Angeles after "the Big One," where those who break the government's new laws are deported to.